Power to the people is still slow to come for a lot of folks in Lafourche Parish. That’s the word this morning from Sheriff’s Captain Brennen Matherne.
The state health department and the Louisiana Attorney General’s office are looking into the evacuation of over 800 nursing home residents from seven different facilities to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish. Even though L-D-H approved plans to evacuate nursing home residents to that site, state health officials say the plan was not properly executed. Governor John Bel Edwards says it’s not easy to evacuate a nursing home, but dozens of facilities did it successfully…
Power outages from Hurricane Ida have spurred talk of moving power lines underground. Public Service Commission Chairman Doctor Craig Green says he supports studying the feasibility of moving equipment underground, but it will take federal assistance because Louisiana utility customers already believe their rates are high…
SNAP recipients in 18 parishes impacted by Hurricane Ida will receive automatic additional benefits due to power outages Assistant Secretary for the Division of Family Support at DCFS Shavana Howard says the benefit should be available on their SNAP card by September 11th and if you aren’t in the 18 parishes but lost power…