Needed: Thousands of workers

Where are all the workers? And clemency battle moves to Pardon Board.

Workers needed: Need a job? Louisiana is looking for thousands of workers for its industrial construction sector. But the question is, where are they?

Clemency battle: Looks like some more legal wrangling in the battle for clemency involving Louisiana death row inmates, John Simerman reports. The focus returns to the Louisiana Board of Pardons on Friday.

Saving babies: Expanding Medicaid has done a lot for Louisiana. But one thing it hasn’t done is make a dent in the state’s infant mortality crisis, Andrea Gallo reports.

Those hungry, orange teeth: Louisiana’s nutria are at it again. They’ve been a menace in the marshes. But now Tristan Baurick reports that they might also have the swamps in their sights.

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