DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters went before the Senate Health and Welfare Committee to discuss how the agency is responding, after admitting it didn’t do enough to help a two-year-old child before he died from a drug overdose, and how a foster parent was arrested, accused of raping foster children. Covington Senator Patrick McMath believes the agency needs a complete overhauled but doesn’t expect that to happen under the current administration.
New Orleans Representative Jason Hughes believes the agency doesn’t have a money problem instead they have a low morale problem. But Walters says caseload is the biggest issue facing their employees…
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Typically, this is the time of year when political ads start cranking up, but political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says don’t expect the ads to get too repetitive. For example, southwest Louisiana congressman Clay Higgins’s race could become competitive because of Higgins’ low fundraising totals.
Higgins’ most well-known opponent is Lafayette attorney Holden Hoggatt.
Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says Republicans view the Biden Administration’s ability to circumvent congress to cancel student debt as an abuse of executive and emergency powers. He expects Republicans to challenge it in court and says it’s also a violation of the nondelegation doctrine under the constitution…