As protestors nationwide demand changes in policing policy Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome says the city’s police union has been an obstruction to reform within the department. Broome told Talk Louisiana that the union’s problem is that it protects bad apples…
The Minneapolis City Council announced veto-proof support for moving ahead with dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department. Broome says they, as of now, have no plans of pursuing similar policy.
State immunization director Dr. Frank Welch says now that the stay at home order is over its time for you to go back to your doctor’s office and get your vaccinations.
Cut 3 (10) “…get their vaccines.”
Disaster food stamp assistance will not be activated for Cristobal as the state appears to have been let off pretty easy. That being said the Department of Children and Family Services is asking the public to pre-register for D-SNAP should we face a more damaging system later in the season. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says D-SNAP helps people who have lost food as a result of a disaster.
Walters says go to www.dcfs.la.gov/dsnap to register.
It’s the first day on the new job for Louisiana’s new Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley who will oversee public schools following the departure of John White. The 39-year-old grew up in Sabine Parish and says this is the opportunity of a lifetime.