With the health care industry facing a worsening shortage of trained workers, Propel America and The College of Health Care Professions are partnering to launch a tuition-free pilot program in Baton Rouge to train workers for in-demand medical field jobs. Â
The final act of the Stanford Group scandal seems to be playing out 14 years after the Ponzi scheme financially and emotionally ravaged the lives of so many Baton Rouge investors.
Spending plans crafted by Republican leaders in the Louisiana House and approved this week would trade most of the governor’s recommended education investments to instead pay down retirement debt, setting up a financial clash with senators who want a different approach.
America’s employers added a healthy 253,000 jobs in April, evidence of a labor market that still shows surprising resilience despite rising interest rates.