Congress approves a stop-gap funding bill that contains 28-billion dollars for Louisiana and other states to use to recover from natural disasters. Dave Brannen has reaction from Senator John Kennedy and Congressman Clay Higgins…
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Louisiana is expanding the Shot for 100 Campaign. That means unvaccinated individuals will receive a 100-dollar Visa gift card if they get vaccinated this month. This campaign was first offered to college students.

Louisiana ranks fifth in the nation in the rate of women murdered by men. The Violence Policy Center says the Bayou State has ranked in the top 10 consistently since 2009. VPC Legislative Director Kristen Rand says a common thread among the southern states in the top ten is access to guns.
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Rand says the states in the Top 10 also have a lack of resources for domestic abuse victims.

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 remember Hurricane Juan in 1985…
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