The next Louisiana Gubernatorial race is more than two years away, but the top potential candidates are on their way to assembling large campaign war chests.
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Louisiana and its local governments will now only have to pay 10% of the cost of cleanup and other public expenses approved by FEMA related to Hurricane Laura. FEMA guidelines normally ask for state and local governments to pay 25%. The Biden Administration ordered an increase in the federal share of public assistance payments.
A 56-year old Bossier Parish Sheriff’s deputy is recovering after being allegedly shot multiple times by his daughter in Benton Monday night. Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Bill Davis says they were called to Burt Wich’s home in Benton around 5 pm.
22-year old Kalee (pronounced Kallie) Wich is being held at the Bossier Maximum-Security Facility in Plain Dealing.
If you receive unemployment, Medicaid or SNAP you’re also possibly eliblge to receive phone and internet data thanks to the Emergency Broadband Benefit program passed by Congress. It begins on February 25th and lasts until the end of the year, after that QLink Wireless CEO Issa Asad (EE-sa Ah-sod) says you can roll over into the LifeLine program.
Go to Q Link Wireless dot com for more info.