Baton Rouge hit a fourth consecutive employment record last month, and New Orleans continued it’s powerful jobs performance with another 2,100 jobs month to month, but over the year Shreveport is down 2,800 jobs, Houma is down 1,200, and Lake Charles is down 800. Louisiana Workforce Commission chief economist Ali Bustamante blames the construction industry…
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Statewide manufacturing added 5,000 jobs over the year.
Today marks the beginning of tax season, and you now have until April 15th to file your 2019 earnings and deductions. Last year was year one for the major federal tax overhaul that eliminated many itemized deductions in exchange for a higher standard deduction. New Orleans CPA Jerry Schreiber…
Louisiana is named the most pro life state in the nation by Americans United for Life. Louisiana Right to Life spokesperson Alexandra Seghers says pro-life voters will soon have an opportunity to back up that ranking by voting on a constitutional amendment on the November ballot…
The March for Life gathered in both Monroe and Baton Rouge over the weekend, and thousands, including the President, joined the march in D.C Friday.
LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center needs non-breast fed babies for a study dedicated to crafting better formula. Director of biomedical imaging Owen Carmichael says research suggests if a formula is fortified with the nutrient building blocks for the development of myelin, it promotes better brain development.
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The study doesn’t restrict a baby’s diet solely to the fortified formula.