NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s unemployment rate crept up nearly half a percentage point in May even though the state set records for private employment and total nonfarm employment.
Paincourtvile man, 52, dies in Assumption crash
BELLE ROSE (AP) — State police say a 52-year-old Paincourtville man died in an Assumption Parish accident.
RACELAND (AP) — A Lafourche Parish justice of the peace who was suspended for mishandling a claim is appealing the state Supreme Court’s decision.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal on Friday vetoed a bill allowing Louisiana to issue driver’s licenses that comply with the security measures of the federal REAL ID law.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal used light strokes with his veto pen Friday when he addressed next year’s $24.6 billion state operating budget.