The 2019 Senior Report is showing positive trends in health for many Louisiana residents 65 and over. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Pawnee Street in Port Barre is the scene of an alleged murder-suicide that resulted in three deaths including the shooter. The incident reportedly occurred around 2:45AM this morning, and officers are saying that a man called 911 and reported that he had shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, and her new boyfriend, after informing police of shootings, he shot himself.
Today is Early Childhood Education Day at the Capitol, and proponents are hoping to convince lawmakers to pump 31 million dollars into a program that subsidizes early childhood programs for working class families to clear a 5,100 child long waitlist for assistance. Louisiana Policy Institute for Children executive director Melanie Bronfin.
The fall ballot will now feature a fourth name in the gubernatorial jungle primary, Independent Gary Landrieu, who is a cousin of former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu but holds starkly conservative views. The Independent says his legislative agenda would focus on repealing the .45 percent sales tax passed in last year’s session, building a new Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge, TORT reform, eliminating traffic light cameras, and…
Landrieu ran for Congress against Cedric Richmond as a Democrat in 2012, losing with 25 percent of the vote.