New employment numbers are out and Louisiana’s labor force grew to over 2.1 million in November, and that’s a record…
CUT 2 (29) “reporting”

From the R and L Carries New Orleans Bowl this morning, to a huge Saints game against the Falcons about 24 hours later, it’s a busy sports weekend for the Crescent City. Technically, it is not a playoff game, but don’t try to tell that to the players and head coach Sean Payton. If the Saints beat the Dirty Birds this week, and Tampa Bay next week, they’re in.

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It’s a group called Senate Conservatives Action, and they are sponsoring radio ads that target Republican Metairie Congressman Steve Scalise. The ads accuse Scalise of siding with President Obama instead of standing on the conservative platform. LaPolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says there is some intrigue here as this conservative group supported Rob Maness in his run for the US Senate…
CUT 7 (05) Q: “Steve Scalise”

After working several fatal crashes last weekend that resulted in nine deaths, State Police troopers are urging drivers to use extra caution while on the highways this weekend and during the holidays, because driver error is responsible for many of the wrecks they are seeing…
CUT 9 (09) “distractions alone”
That’s Sergeant Nick Manale of State Police.