4:30 LRN Newscast Sept 6

Department of Children and Family Services Secretary Marketa Garner Walters spelled out to a legislative committee today the problems her agency is facing when it comes to having enough case workers. Walters says last week one of their best-case managers left for a lower-paying job because that employee could not handle the high case load anymore

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New Orleans Representative Jason Hughes has been very vocal about cleaning house at the department and he believes the agency doesn’t have a money problem but instead they have a low morale problem. But Walters says caseload is the biggest issue facing their employees…

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Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino believes the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan will end up in court. He says it’s an overreach of executive power and it’s Congress that decides how funds are appropriated and then it’s passed onto the executive branch for signature.

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He expects Republicans will file suit against the student loan forgiveness very soon if they haven’t already.

After the Labor Day holiday, it usually gets busy during election years. Federal elections are coming up in two months. But political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says don’t expect it to get much nosier in Louisiana.

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