Senate Commerce Chairman Rick Ward says the state is still waiting on AT-and-T to explain why phone service went down in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Ida. Ward says they will bring AT-and-T officials back to the Capitol to get an explanation and assurances a similar outage will not happen in the future…

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Houma Representative Tanner Magee sent a blistering letter to the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness criticizing the agency for dragging their feet setting up trailers for Hurricane Ida victims. Magee says the contractor hired is not meeting adequate timelines, and not communicating whatsoever with applicants.

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Despite purchasing more than a thousand trailers only 13 have people living in them

Efforts are underway at Grambling State University to put an end to gun violence from outsiders on the campus. More from Dave Brannen.

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