The Louisiana State Police Crime Lab is the first in the country to receive approval from the FBI to conduct rapid DNA booking operations. Sgt. Dustin Dwight says the technology has the potential to keep criminals from being unknowingly released prior to the return of traditional DNA results…
cut 13 (10) “…linked to crime”
The new technology is already being used at the East Baton Rouge Parish prison and L-S-P hopes to use it at three other booking agencies by the end of 2023.

Qualifying for the 2023 Louisiana governor’s race happens one year from today and we still do not have any announced candidates to replace the term-limited John Bel Edwards. ULM political science professor Joshua Stockley says a lot will depend on who controls the U.S. Senate after the federal midterm elections. He says after the national picture is clear Louisiana’s race will finally develop
Cut 7 (11) “….fundraising advantage”
U-S Senators John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy, along with statewide elected officials Jeff Landry, Billy Nungesser and John Schroder have been rumored to run.

A bill signing is scheduled this week in Washington DC for the federal PACT Act; legislation providing expanded medical care for veterans exposed to toxins during their military service. John Well is chairman of the Slidell-based Military Veterans Advocacy. He says the legislation will benefit about three-point-five million veterans nationwide…:
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The PACT Act provides for expedited health care for vets assigned to handle burn pits or exposed to radiation in the line of duty.

A New Orleans non-profit organization called Feed the Second Line is working to equip neighborhood restaurants with solar power so that when a hurricane comes, the restaurant can keep serving food while the rest of the city is without electricity. Devin DeWulf is the founder of the Feed the Second Line…
cut 12 (10) “…the dream”
DeWulf says outfitting each restaurant runs between 60 and 90-thousand dollars.