The Justice Department formally announces its civil investigation of the Louisiana State Police. Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division says they will focus on two main issues.
The civil investigation is separate from the criminal investigation surrounding the death of Black motorist Ronald Greene.
Higher education will see a record increase in funding for the fiscal year that begins July 1st. The money contained in the budget for universities and colleges contains a pay raise for faculty and there are also five million dollars for title nine and power-based violence training programs. Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed.
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The statewide average for a gallon of regular gasoline has reached $4.50 for the first time and Triple-A’s Don Redman says there’s no relief in sight, in fact, it may get worse…
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Lake Charles chef Amanda Cusey is this year’s winner of the Louisiana Seafood Cook-off which took place this week in Lafayette. Cusey cooked a pan-seared red drum over tomato polenta with crawfish cream sauce. The Arizona native makes Italian dishes at Villa Harlequin in Lake Charles…
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Cusey will represent Louisiana in the Great American Seafood Cook-off in New Orleans in August.