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U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in December. Annual revisions show that job growth last year was far weaker than initially reported.
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Louisiana’s premiere professional learning event for educators takes place May 26-28 in New Orleans, registration is now available. -
On December 3, 2025, a federal grand jury in Shreveport returned an indictment charging the following five individuals for their roles in trafficking fentanyl and in around Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana -
Louisiana returned a 12-count indictment charging eleven alleged members of a Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute in the Western District of Louisiana.
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Ronald McDonald House Arkansas & North Louisiana Announces the Promotions of Candice Hickman and Alex Hudson to Senior Leadership Roles. -
EPA has awarded $1 million in Brownfields Job Training Grants to Southern University at Shreveport and Limitless Vistas, Inc. to train and place workers in environmental cleanup jobs, supporting community revitalization across Louisiana.
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An annual meeting of the nation's governors that has long served as a rare bipartisan gathering is unraveling after President Donald Trump excluded Democratic governors from White House events. -
An FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., was initiated by a lawyer who aided President Trump's unsuccessful efforts to overturn that election, an unsealed affidavit says. -
The order did not identify the judge in question but two sources familiar with the process told NPR it is U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby, a Biden appointee.
The exhibition explores Louisiana’s often-overlooked role in the American Revolution, highlighting the leadership of Bernardo de Gálvez and the diverse Gulf Coast communities that helped secure U.S. independence as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary.
Josh Madden and other musicians joined together for a benefit concert for the station at West Monroe's Alley Park.
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The tenth anniversary for New Music on the Bayou is on the horizon, prior to the summer festival a fundraiser will be held Friday.
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