After another child overdose death, despite warnings to the agency of potential danger, the Department of Children and Family Services is under fire. New Orleans Representative Jason Hughes has been extremely critical of Secretary Marketa Garner Walters and continues to call for her resignation. Walters says she has no plans to leave her post.
Walters says the agency is extremely understaffed and they are holding hiring fairs to fill their approximately 500 openings.
The Louisiana Republican Party executive committee voted last night to endorse Attorney General Jeff Landry in next year’s governor’s race. LA Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford called it historic—and controversial.
It’s the first Monday commute home after the time change and it’s a lot darker than it usually is for motorists. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission spokesman Mark Lambert says a lot of folks walk or jog this time of day and he has some advice for them to help drivers avoid them, like wearing light or reflective clothing…:
Cut 11 (09) “…against the traffic.”
Lambert says there is a statistical increase in traffic accidents on Monday after a time change; especially when “falling back” to Standard Time.
There was no multistate Powerball winner Saturday, so the jackpot for tonight’s drawing is a bona fide record-setter. Louisiana Lottery spokesman Dustin Annison…:
Cut 12 (06) “…jackpot lottery ever.” A single winner selecting a lump-sum cash payment would collect just over $ 929 million. Tickets are on sale until 9 tonight.