New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter and Senator Bill Cassidy are the only members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation that supported the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. Brooke Thorington has more.
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State Treasurer John Schroder says 5-point-six million dollars in uncashed state income tax refunds have been put into the state’s unclaimed property program. Check L-A-treasury-dot-com to see if the money belongs to you.

Closing arguments are today in the sex abuse trial of former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain. Five people testified that Strain either raped or sexually abused them. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says it will be difficult for the jury to diminish the damning testimony against Strain since it has come from five accusers and not just one or two.
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Strain has said he’s innocent.

The Louisiana Department of Health has put together a business plan that contains 17 initiatives and over 40 goals that the state agency plans to make progress on over the next year. LDH Secretary Courtney Phillip says part of the plan calls for improving care for persons with serious mental illness..
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Phillips says the plan places emphasis on better access to dental care, an opioid treatment program, a crisis care response team and more.