Come January, Louisiana SNAP recipients can no longer purchase soda, energy drinks and candy with their food stamps. As Jeff Palermo reports, Louisiana’s Surgeon General hopes is it will make for healthier children.
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One person was killed and two others were wounded in a 7th Ward shooting late Tuesday night, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Police were called just before 9:30 to the intersection of Allen Street and North Dorgenois Street, where they found two victims. We’re told three victims were taken to the hospital, but one later died. There’s no word or suspects or motive in the case.
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Louisiana Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley supports President Trump’s effort to abolish the Department of Education and let the states decide how to spend federal dollars. Superintendent Brumley says Louisiana is positioned to benefit from that kind of system…
Amtrak’s new passenger train service from New Orleans to Mobile starts Monday and for those coming from Baton Rouge by bus, there’s good news. Florian Sitrin with Flix North America says can take a Flixbus from the Capitol City to New Orleans and catch a train to the Mississippi or Alabama Gulf Coast with a single ticket…