Louisiana and other states will share 28-billion dollars in disaster aid recovery dollars as a result of legislation approved by Congress that also averts a partial federal government shutdown. The money will turn into grants that can help 2020 hurricane victims rebuild their homes. Southwest Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins says it was a long battle to get this disaster relief money and the recovery mission is not over….
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Higgins says the supplemental disaster aid bill falls at least a half-billion dollars short of what Governor Edwards requested.

It’s October 1st so there are two more months left in the hurricane season. The state was hit by two hurricanes last October, Delta and Zeta and State Climatologist Barry Keim says many Louisiana residents will remember Hurricane Juan in 1985…
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Some education officials are miffed about a new Department of Education policy giving parents a say in whether their kids get quarantined for possible COVID exposure. Kevin Gallagher has more.
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