Victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and stalking have added protections, thanks to a new law Louisiana law requiring car manufacturers to disable remote access technology, like tracking and control features, within two days of receiving a certified protective or restraining order. Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Detective Kelly Downey says 80-percent of all domestic homicide victims were stalked and thanks to this law…
Cut 3 (11) “…track or monitor.”
Congress is being urged to protect the Medicare Advantage program which was left intact by the House but Darren Grubb with Medicare Advantage Majority says provisions may be added in the Senate that he says would have a devastating effect on Louisiana’s 540-thousand seniors.
Cut 7 (10) “…services they need.”
The Legislature has passed a budget. The LA Gator program is receiving 43-million dollars, 50-million dollars less than what the governor wanted. LA Gator replaces the state’s voucher program, and House Appropriations Chairman Jack McFarland says most lawmakers believe funding for private school vouchers should remain mostly the same…
Cut 13 (12) “…for better opportunity”
A two-month-old infant in St. Tammany Parish died last weekend while sharing a bed with his mother and a sibling prompting Coroner Dr. Christopher Tape to re-release a PSA warning people of the dangers of babies sleeping in the same bed with others. Coroner’s spokesman James Hartman…
He says always use the ABC rule – Infants should sleep Alone on their Back and in a Crib.