It’s no secret Louisiana’s shrimping industry is struggling. The L-P-B Show Louisiana Spotlight explores the challenges facing the industry. Joe Gallinaro has more…
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The statewide average price for a gallon of regular gasoline has surpassed four-dollars for the first time since 2022. Joe Gallinaro has more…
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A show that examines the challenges facing Louisiana’s struggling shrimping industry is now available to be streamed at Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Producer Oscar Tickle says the show is called Empty Boats, Foreign Shrimp…
Tickle says an influx of imported shrimp has steadily driven down the value of the local catch, making it difficult for shrimpers to stay in business…
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Louisiana provides 40-percent of U-S Shrimp production, but the there are only about 15-hundred licensed commercial shrimpers. Tickle says it’s an industry that does not have a bright future…
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The statewide average price for a regular gallon of gasoline has surpassed four dollars for the first time since 2022 in Louisiana. AAA fuel analyst Don Redman says the statewide average is up to $4.02, a 22-cent increase, from a week ago. Redman says the reopening of the strait of Hormuz in the Middle East is what needs to happen for gas prices to fall…
Redman says when gas prices go above four-dollars a gallon, many families are forced to curtail their spending……
Motorists who drive vehicles that require premium gasoline are paying$4.85 a gallon of regular gasoline. Redman urges those drivers do not use regular or mid-grade gas instead…
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Ochsner Health is expanding its Eat Fit program systemwide. The program is now available at all of Ochsner’s 31 cafeterias and at all vending machines throughout the system. Dietician Marie Page says the Eat Fit program encourages healthy eating.
Page says it’s easy to spot an item that’s Eat Fit approved.
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Page says they expanded the program following a very successful pilot program last year.