You won’t find Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter satisfied with the supplemental disaster relief bill signed into law yesterday. That’s because only a small fraction of the 28.6-billion dollars earmarked for disaster recovery nationwide will ever make it to Louisiana. Mayor Hunter appears disheartened by the lack of attention the feds have paid to the destruction and misery his town and southwest Louisiana have gone through since last year.
Louisiana food stamp recipients are receiving a historic increase in their monthly benefits of about 36-dollars a month per person. That word comes from Shavana Howard, DCFS Assistant Secretary for Family Support. Howard says upping the monthly maximum for SNAP benefits will give recipients a better shot at affording the cost of a healthy diet and dealing with higher food prices overall.
Louisiana is expanding the Shot for 100 Campaign. Kim Hood, Assistant Secretary for the state Office of Public Health, says during October, unvaccinated individuals will receive a 100-dollar Visa gift card after receiving their first COVID vaccine shot.
This limited-time offer for the general public will end on October 30th.
More than 90-thousand fans are expected in Death Valley as LSU plays a home game against Auburn at 8 Saturday night. Former LSU Tiger TJ Finley started five games as quarterback for the team last year before transferring to Auburn and could start as quarterback for the Alabama team. LSU Coach Ed Orgeron says he has nothing but respect for Finley
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