New Orleans Representative Jason Hughes continues to call for leadership changes with the Department of Children and Family Services after the state agency admitted they failed to follow up on a case and it eventually led to the death of a two-year old. Hughes says the Assistant Secretary of Child Welfare and the Assistant Secretary of Family Support also need to step down…
Trina Edwards is engaged to former Louisiana House speaker and Senate President John Alario. On Jim Engster’s Talk Louisiana this morning she says he proposed on her 44th birthday. Trina says they crossed paths several times but didn’t begin dating until after the death of Edwin.
Alario is 78 years old, and a wedding date has not been set.
Fighters in the ongoing war against opioid addiction have just received another weapon. The ULM College of Pharmacy has a 2.5 million dollar grant to train first responders on getting individuals who suffer overdoses into treatment. Associate Professor of clinical practice Dr. Alexis Horace says the goal is long-term treatment, in addition to treating the overdose on the spot.
Dr. Horace says first responders aren’t just police and firefighters. They also include friends and family of those who suffer overdoses, and community organizations.