State senator Blake Miguez trades in one campaign for another. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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A fourth person has been arrested in connection with last Saturday’s shooting at a Mardi Gras Parade in East Feliciana Parish that injured six people, including a six-year-old child. Sheriff Jeff Travis says 21-year-old Kameron Barfield of Baker was booked on attempted second-degree murder charges. Authorities are also looking to arrest 18-year-old D’Tryelin White.

According to the American Lung Association’s latest annual State of Tobacco Control report, Louisiana either has room for improvement or is failing, depending on the metric. It gives Louisiana Fs in tobacco prevention and cessation funding, tobacco taxes and flavored tobacco products. Director of Advocacy Eric Weinzettle says that may explain Louisiana’s relatively high rate of lung cancer.

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The state’s smoking rate is 16-percent, sixth highest in the nation.

The United Way has launched the Family Relief Effort to support households facing unexpected financial hardship because of the ice storm. Marketing and Communications Director, Meghan Jones, says they began accepting applications for financial assistance Saturday morning; and within two hours, they received two thousand applications.

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Go the United Way of Northeast Louisiana’s website for more information.