Governor John Bel Edwards is traveling to Washington, D.C., today to meet with federal officials about getting more assistance for Louisiana flood victims — specifically housing. He says he’s also asking for full funding for the Comite River Diversion Project, which could prevent disastrous flooding in the Baton Rouge area…:
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First Lady Donna Edwards is visiting schools in flood ravaged areas of south Louisiana to distribute school supplies. Edwards has teamed up with the Louisiana School Boards Association to collect thousands of dollars for kids and teachers. She says she will be at Greenbrier Elementary today…:
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To help out again, that GoFundMe account is called the LSBA Fund for Restoring Schools.

You’re probably starting to notice new ads for Republican Congressman John Fleming for the US Senate race. Republican Congressman Charles Boustany has also started running TV commercial and likely Treasurer John Kennedy will soon have ads running too. Jeremy Alford with LaPolitics.com says on the democratic side, there is a big war playing out on urban radio stations:
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He says these ads are playing nice now, but people will really start to pay attention to this race once the Super PACS come in with negative spots.

It doesn’t look like we’ll see a lot of FEMA mobile homes in Louisiana. Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer, Tito Hernandez, says they are a last resort and of the 3,000 people that qualified for a manufactured housing unit were not interested…:
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He says the main focus now is getting aid to people and get them back in their homes.