A new report shows that even though Louisiana has the second lowest median income in the nation, its residents do better than expected when it comes to managing money. Eric Gill has more on why….
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The popular e-cigarette might not be as effective as some thought when it comes to quitting the use of regular cigarettes. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Transportation is expected to be a major topic in the upcoming regular session. Michelle Southern reports…:
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A new report shows that even though Louisiana has the second lowest median income in the nation, its residents do better than expected when it comes to managing money. CreditCards.com senior analyst Matt Schulz says Louisiana’s average credit score is third worst, but it’s three points higher than what’s expected based on what people make….:
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Schulz says Louisiana ranks 25th in the country for managing money. He says considering low credit scores and low median income, Louisianans do fairly well handling credit cards.
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Schulz says they found Louisiana is one of the younger states in the country in terms of average age of residence. He says it’s much easier for an older person to have a higher credit score than a younger person without a long credit history.
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Electronic cigarettes are marketed as method to help smokers quit smoking regular cigarettes, but a new study finds that’s not the case. Professor and Associate Dean for Research at LSU Health New Orleans Dr. Edward Trapido says The Lancet Respiratory Medicine’s research is the largest analysis that proves e-cigarettes have the opposite effect.
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The report says adults who use e-cigarettes to stop smoking are 28 percent less likely to quit. Trapdio says their concern is electronic cigarette companies say their product helps people quit smoking when it doesn’t. He says it’s also disturbing that they come in flavors to make them attractive to young adults.
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Trapido says electronic cigarettes have been shown in multiple studies to lead to regular cigarette smoking. He says they also don’t know the long term effects of smoking these devices…
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Transportation is expected to be a major topic in the upcoming regular session. Governor John Bel Edwards says he showed President Barack Obama the single lane of traffic motorists must pass through in Baton Rouge on I-10 when going from west to east. Edwards says he told the president that it was the only place on the 2,460 mile interstate with a single lane…:
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Edwards said the president understood the importance of getting some additional work done on I-10….:
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Lafayette Senator Page Cortez was chosen to chair the Senate Transportation Committee. He says it’s great news that we could potentially be getting some federal funds to help with Louisiana’s roads. Cortez says another major project for the state is the I-49 connector in Lafayette…:
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Louisiana has at least a $12 billion dollar backlog in improving its road and bridge system. Cortez says Edwards has committed to work to stop shifting money from the state’s gas-tax funded Transportation Trust Fund to State Police. He says making that happen will be priority number one…:
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Two Louisiana whooping cranes that were part of an experimental population have been found dead in Texas this week. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biologist Sara Zimorski says they were notified by Wildlife and Fisheries in Texas that the birds were discovered. She says it’s believed the birds were deliberately killed.
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Zimorski says LDWF has been working hard to build up the whooping crane numbers in the state. She says it’s frustrating to lose two more birds when the population is so small to begin with.
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Zimorski says currently, the maximum number of whooping cranes in Louisiana is 44, with the two birds lost. She says LDWF is looking forward to hopefully seeing new nests coming in the spring.
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