According to Economist Dr. Loren Scott, the Bayou State is expected to add nearly 81 thousand new jobs over the next two years. Teiko Foxx has more…
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Louisiana’s Republican House delegation is upset Kevin McCarthy has been voted out as House Speaker. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Economist Dr. Loren Scott predicts the state will add nearly 81 thousand jobs over the next two years. Scott says the industrial industry will see a growth in employment due to a large number of projects in south Louisiana…
Those job gains are forecasted in the New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lake Charles regions which have $154 billion worth of industrial construction projects in queue.
Scott says Lake Charles is primed for growth following Hurricanes Laura and Delta. That region could gain 7,200 jobs through seven LNG projects.
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Alexandria is predicted to increase employment by 4,200 jobs over the next two years. With two multi-billion dollar projects on the table, Scott says Alexandria will get a much-needed kick after losing jobs over the last several years.
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Louisiana’s rural regions are projected to add nearly 25 hundred jobs over the next two years.
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The U-S House is without a speaker. Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida led a successful effort to oust Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker by getting a handful of Republicans to back him and every Democrat also voted for his removal. Baton Rouge Republican Congressman Garret Graves calls it a bone-headed move…
New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter says he voted for the motion to remove McCarthy because the speakership has been dysfunctional since day one and Americans deserve better.
Graves says McCarthy was an accomplished Speaker who pushed a Conservative agenda and Gaetz forced him out…
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Graves says Gaetz is only interested in raising his status as it’s been his desire to become a celebrity Congressman…
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Today is Energy Efficiency Day, so it’s ideal for Cleco to launch their newly designed online energy-savings store, ClecoMarketplace-dot-com. Marianne Addy with Cleco says the store allows their customers to purchase energy-efficient products and receive savings even sooner.
Because energy efficiency can be hard to understand, Addy says they help simplify the process and all of their products are guaranteed by the marketplace and manufacturers.
Addy says being smart about your energy usage is worthwhile, for example, LED bulbs use 80% less power than traditional light bulbs. She says using less energy is what energy efficiency is all about…
The website ClecoMarketplace.com is available for residential Cleco customers.
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Thirty-three-year-old Ian Howard accepts a plea deal that will spare him the death sentence, but he will spend the rest of his life in prison for fatally shooting Lafayette Police Corporal Michael Middlebrook in 2017. Lafayette District Attorney Don Landry says it was a long road to get here…
Middlebrook was gunned down in the line of duty when responding to shots fired at a convenience store. Howard also shot two store employees and another officer. Landry says Howard received a life sentence for a killing an officer, but also gets 50 years each for shooting three others…
Howard was set to stand trial in March and he earlier pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. But Assistant District Attorney Alan Haney says Howard was aware of his action on that night…