Nearly 50,000 Louisiana residents could be impacted by the Trump administration’s new work requirement changes for food stamp recipients. DCFS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Family Support Sammy Guillory says currently, able-bodied adults who do not have dependents can receive food stamps, but that waiver is set to go away…
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The new rule will go into effect on April 1st.

The White House is in support of Senator Bill Cassidy’s legislation that would give parents the ability to access up to five-thousand dollars in tax credits during the first year of child-rearing…..
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Cassidy introduced the legislation yesterday and it has the support of Democrats. Under current law, new parents can only receive a two-thousand dollars tax credit during a child’s first year of life.

U-S Immigration and Customs Enforcement say about 50 migrants at the Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield were pepper-sprayed to end their protest over prolonged detention. Spokesman Bryan Cox says the action resulted in protesters becoming compliant and no injuries were reported. There are about eight-thousand immigrant detainees at Louisiana prisons.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff deputies arrest a married couple in Opelousas on drug and weapon charges. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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