 BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer Louisiana's youth prisons are out of room, the state's Office of Juvenile Justice told judges in a recent letter. Officials are asking for help releasing some of the low-risk teens as they try to clear space. Here's what the letter says, and what it means for the lingering crisis in Louisiana's juvenile justice system.
The state released letter grades for schools and districts yesterday, and the scores suggest the education system has mostly recovered from the COVID pandemic. But in addition to looking at the whole system, school test scores are a way to look at which specific districts and schools are struggling. Here's what the scores suggest about Baton Rouge.
Louisiana lost about 8,700 oil and gas jobs when the COVID pandemic torched demand, economists estimate. Now a report from LSU researchers suggests the state could add 3,500 such jobs next year — a big gain, but not enough to bring things back to before the virus. Here's a look at the estimates, the economics behind them, and what they mean for our state's economy. | 
