Louisiana Democratic Congressman Troy Carter is sounding an optimistic note that a compromise is within reach on infrastructure and social spending bills. He talks about one of the projects in the 1.2-trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that’s important to our state.
The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is working in conjunction with FEMA to speed up the process to get those without shelter travel trailers. GOHSEP Deputy Director Casey Tingle says FEMA is still working on their program of direct housing that includes travel trailers, mobile homes, and certain types of leases.
Tingle says you can register online for assistance at IdaShelteringLA.com
Our Lady Of the Lake hospital in Baton Rouge announces plans to build a $100-million cancer center in the Capital City. OLOL President and CEO Scott Wester says site selection is underway and they expect to break ground on the cancer center in early 2022.
Cut 10 (13) “…all cancer patients.”
LSU has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a better freezing process for organs awaiting transplant to make them viable for more than four hours. While there’s been much progress in freezing things like embryos, LSU Mechanical Engineer Professor Ram Devireddy (Dev-ah-ready) says he doesn’t see the techniques he’s testing being used for at least another five years.
Cut 15 (09) “…quite there yet.”
The grant is for $433-thousand.