The state is launching a new Workforce Pell initiative to provide Pell Grants for short-term workforce training programs. Louisiana Works Secretary Susie Schowen (SHAU-in) says the grants can help people struggling to keep their heads above water.
Most grants will be for 22-hundred dollars per program, but up to 43-hundred dollars may be awarded depending on program duration.
With four people being killed in e-bike-related crashes in New Orleans so far this year, New Orleans police and cycling advocates are putting out an urgent warning to e-cyclists to use extra care when riding. Adam Watts with Bicycle World of New Orleans says he sees riders violating two basic rules of the road all the time – riding on the sidewalk and riding against traffic.
Cut 15 (07) “…are super dangerous.”
Ten years ago today, Louisiana experienced one of its darkest days when a lone gunman ambushed law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge. Six officers were shot. Four later died from their injuries: Baton Rouge Police officers Matthew Gerald and Montrell Jackson, and East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputies Brad Garafola and Nicholas Tullier. East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux says officers continue to honor their sacrifice.
Cut 7 (07) “…stand behind them.”
After weeks of declines, gasoline prices are on their way back up. Don Redman with Triple-A Louisiana says the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is now back over $3.50 a gallon.