More uncertainty surrounding the SNAP program as the Supreme Court issued an emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments. Yesterday, the Louisiana Department of Health began distributing federal SNAP funds. The food stamps went to households that included the elderly and disabled and the next distribution was set to go out on Sunday. But the Trump Administration got an appeals court in Massachusetts to suspend a lower court’s ruling that said the federal government had to provide full food benefits. The Trump Administration says it has already exhausted the five-billion dollars that were in contingency reserve and can only provide partial food assistance payments for the month.
After tumultuous two weeks, the LSU football team plays Alabama tonight in Tuscaloosa. Louisiana Tech looks for its sixth win of the season at Delaware, the Ragin Cajuns host Texas State and last night Tulane scored 35 points in the first half and held on to beat 22nd ranked Memphis 38 to 32. The Green Wave are 7-2, 4-1 in the American Conference.
The percentage of veterans in Louisiana receiving V-A benefits is outpacing the national average threefold. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Last night was the final Friday night of the high school football regular season. Ruston outscored West Monroe 49 to 44 in a wild victory to claim a district championship. The Bearcats are expected to be the top seed in division one non select when the official brackets come out tomorrow. Jena will likely be the top seed in Division 3 non-select, after beating Buckeye 52-0.