We’re just around the corner from a potentially season-defining game between no. 1 LSU and no. 2 Alabama, a game that could get QB Joe Burrow a Heisman. The Purple and Gold were embarrassed 29-0 in front of the home crowd last year by Saban’s Crimson Tide. Burrow says this year’s team is a lot more experienced and prepared.
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Kickoff is at 2:30PM.
House runoffs between Democrats and Republicans could see five seats come to the GOP side, resulting in a GOP super-majority for both chambers. Two House runoffs see Republicans up against Independents Raymond Harris Jr. in District 50 and Roy Daryl Adams in District 62. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the GOP is putting an emphasis on the importance of those seats as well.
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The LSU Center for Energy Studies is projecting employment in the oil and gas sectors will remain flat even as the industry as a whole sees expansion in the coming years. Study co-author, LSU professor Greg Upton, says because of changes in technology, Louisiana will likely never see the kinds of oil industry employment it had in the 70s, or even six years ago…
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Upton says Louisiana saw peak industry employment in the 70s at 100,000, but that fell to 50,000 a few decades later, and roughly 30,000 after the 2014 crash.
Department of Children and Families Services is celebrating having found 893 foster care children permanent homes over the last year. The number is the second highest on record, slightly trailing last year’s total of 912. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters highlights a 22 percent rise in teen adoptions, which can be a tough age group to find homes for.