Council for a Better Louisiana releases its candidate surveys, offering interested voters a more in-depth, detail-oriented look at the major candidates for Governor. CABL President Barry Erwin says the 11 to 15-page survey asked candidates to weigh in on most of the hot button policy issues of the day.
The U-S teen birth rate has declined to its lowest level in recorded history. As of 2018, there were about 17 babies born per one-thousand girls’ ages 15 to 19 in the United States. Tulane Sociology professor Michele Adams says it is not that teens are having less sex, it’s that more are practicing safer sex
Cut 12 (12) “…consequences of sex”
State and local officials are putting plans into action to try to keep Fibrebond from leaving Minden for east Texas. The company has threatened to leave due to the poor bridge conditions which’s forced detours to ship products. Minden Mayor Terry Gardner says it’s crucial the state and local powers do everything they can to keep the company in Minden due to impact on the local economy.
Census estimates put Minden’s population at just over 12-thousand people.
It’s Labor Day Weekend and LSU kicks off their football season at home this Saturday. State Climatologist Barry Keim tells us what to expect.
Cut 8 (11) “…your umbrellas handy”
If your travel plans have you headed to southeastern Florida for the three day weekend it looks like Hurricane Dorian is predicted to be a Category 3 storm as it nears the US mainland.