LRN Newscast 10:30 12-20-14

New employment numbers came out yesterday and Louisiana’s labor force grew to over 2-point-one million for November. LWC Executive Director Curt Eysink says people from all over are responding to Louisiana’s strong job growth by joining our workforce…:
cut 12 (11) “great jobs”
The number of people employed in the state jumped by over 59 thousand over the year.

A Ponchatoula man faces up to 40 years in prison for downloading more than half a million images of child pornography. Fifty-two year-old Robert Swan pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a network that included children as young as 4 weeks of age in sex acts. His bond was set Thursday by a judge at $51 million dollars.

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Republican Metairie Congressman Steve Scalise is finding himself a target of the political group Senate Conservatives Action. They’re sponsoring radio ads that accuse him of siding with President Obama…
CUT 6 (12) Q: ‘from shutting down”
That’s LaPolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford who says rumors are circulating that Rob Maness may challenge Scalise in 2016.

The fall shrimping season comes to a close on some state waters Monday. How was it?…
CUT 3 (12) “rather abruptly”
That’s Daren Martin, owner of Martin’s Fresh Shrimp in Chauvin.