Entergy has applied for federal grants to improve its power grid in Louisiana. If secured the funds would be aimed at reducing extreme weather impacts and help speed up restoration and recovery efforts after major storm events. PSC Commissioner Devante Lewis says he wrote a letter of support for the application.
Lewis says grant recipients are expected to be announced later this year.
Governor John Bel Edwards has signed legislation to mandate 15 minutes of recess for public school students K-5. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says recess is beneficial for a child’s social and emotional health.
Nearly every prisoner on Louisiana’s death row is asking Governor John Bel Edwards to commute their death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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