Kenneth Gleason is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two black men in Baton Rouge that cops had said could have been racially motivated. East Baton Rouge DA Hillar Moore said initially they were able to connect the shootings because of the disturbing way each incident unfolded…:
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Moore said, based on the allegations, this case would qualify for the death penalty.
Senator John Kennedy supports fellow Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy’s effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Healthcare Act, but he believes the legislation has some weaknesses. Kennedy wants to put provisions in the bill to prevent Medicaid fraud. He says right now, patients don’t really know how much a procedure will cost and Kennedy would like that to change.
Cut 7 (09) “…actual cost.”
A number of legal issues are possible if any type of hazing related charges are pressed against fraternity members at LSU where an 18-year-old pledge died last week. Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino (See-Oh Lean-Oh) says a major grey area in a case like that of Max Gruver, is whether the hazing victim consented to some extent.
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services has a grant to hire more child welfare workers. DCFS Secretary (MAR-KEY-TUH) Marketa Garner Walters says her staff had gone down by 600 employees in that past decade and the grant money they received will help find solutions to that high turnover rate of child welfare workers.
Cut 5 (10) “…for them”