Certain school support staff might not be getting stipends this year. That’s setting off alarm bells among unions representing those employees. D’Shay Oaks, the president of the Louisiana Association of Educators, says if those staffers are left on the stipend chopping block, they’ll be looking for alternate sources for the stipends.
Cut 20 (09) “…counselors some stipends.”
The scramble to find money for the stipends comes after voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have turned the annual stipends into permanent pay raises.
A federal law that goes into effect on November 12th would outlaw most hemp-derived THC and CBD items, such as gummies, seltzers and deta 8 products. Crescent Canna CEO Joe Gerrity says these are items many people enjoy…
Cut 10 (11) “…the state level”
Gerrity has started a new group called the Louisiana Hemp Beverage Association that’s lobbying Congress to either delay or repeal the law.
New research has found that the combination of CBD and THC significantly reduces agitation for people with dementia who are at the end of their lives. Dr. Jeff Keller of LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center is one of the principal investigators of the clinical trial.
Cut 30 (10) “…to manage agitation.”
Keller says nine out of every ten study participants showed overall improvement in target symptoms from the THC-CBD combination.
Delcambre fisherman Wayne Toups has won free beer for a year after a catching a tagged redfish during the CCA Louisiana Star Tournament. The tournament lasts through Labor Day, and tournament Micah Denesse (den-ESS) says you can still register at CCA-STAR-dot-com for 35-dollars.