The U-S Marshal’s Service announces they recovered 14 missing children and made several arrests during their “Summer Knights” operation in New Orleans. More from Whitney Thomas
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Louisiana ranks among the Top Ten states nationally for Educational Freedom. Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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Lawmakers meet in Baton Rouge today to discuss the idea of eliminating the state income tax. More from Jeff Palermo…:
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The U.S Marshals Office has announced the results of their operation “Summer Knights”, conducted in the New Orleans metro area, leading to the recovery of fourteen missing endangered teens. One additional child was located, and eight arrests were made.
Brian Fair, a senior inspector said some teens were fugitives, while others were held captive.
Out of the eight arrests made, one individual associated with a 16-year-old runaway will be facing hit-and-run charges, along with the aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer. Fair says another suspect associated with the 16-year-old runaway was wanted for various burglaries in the New Orleans Area.
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Fair says they couldn’t have done this deliberate operation alone.
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Any information about missing children should be reported to your local police department or the National Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-The-Lost.
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A new report from the Heritage Foundation ranks Louisiana among the Top Ten states for “Educational Freedom.” State Education Superintendent Dr. Cade Brumley says Louisiana’s Number 9 ranking is a great place to be in the first-ever such report by Heritage. He explains what it meant by Educational freedom…:
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Brumley says Heritage Foundation gives high marks for empowering parental choice, in transparency in education policy-making and spending public dollars wisely and properly. The Heritage report ranks Louisiana among the Top 20 for both school choice and transparency. Brumley says both are important to him as the state’s Top Educator…:
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The Heritage “Education Freedom Report Card” comes as the Department of Education observes Celebrate Freedom Week. Brumley says the recognition by heritage is good, but there’s more progress to be made
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A recent Washington Post analysis ranks Louisiana 17th in the nation in retention of college graduates. That puts the Pelican State ahead of southern states like Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and South Carolina. The governor’s communications director Lauren Leist says the state’s investments in higher education are paying off
Leist says in the six years the governor has been in office, he’s worked to diversify the state’s economy which is allowing college graduates to stay right here to begin their careers.
Leist says the state has created nearly 200-thousand jobs since the worst of the COVID pandemic and many people filling those jobs are recent college grads. She says the governor will continue to diversify the economy in order to prevent the brain drain….
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The House Ways & Means Committee meets today to discuss broad state tax reforms, including eliminating the state income tax. The meeting is the result of a resolution passed this spring by Mandeville Republican Rep. Richard Nelson. He says he hopes lawmakers can get to “the root of some fundamental problems” within the tax structure…:
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Nelson feels getting rid of the state income tax would help move Louisiana forward to compete with states like Texas and Florida which have no such tax. He proposed a tax reform package in 2021, but it was a bit too weighty to get passed during a short “fiscal only” session. In 2022, he came back with a resolution to meet in the off-months to discuss the idea…:
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Nelson feels our tax structure is “broken” and it drives people and business away from the state. He says today is likely the first of many meetings to map out a strategy for crafting a new tax system. He says it won’t be easy, but it CAN be done…:
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LSU football coach Brian Kelly says the Tigers need a better week of preparation than last week to defeat Mississippi State this Saturday in Baton Rouge. The Bulldogs are 2-0, with wins over Memphis and Arizona and State’s air raid offense is averaging 385 passing yards, fifth best in the nation. Kelly his defensive players will need to execute their assignments
LSU’s running game should get a boost with the return of running back John Emery, who served a 15-game suspension as a result of some sort of an academic infraction. Kelly says he’s excited to have the former Destrehan star back…
This will be Kelly’s first SEC game, but he doesn’t feel like he’s behind the other coaches in the league when it comes to familiarity. He says that’s because at Notre Dame, which does not belong to a conference, he was always preparing for a new opponent…
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There are plenty of corrections to be made following the Saints come from behind 27-26 win over the Atlanta Falcons. New Orleans Coach Dennis Allen is not happy that the Dirty Birds rushed for 201 yards. Allen says that’s not the Black and Gold standard…
The Saints offense also struggled for the first three quarters, but Allen says offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael did an awesome job calling plays and Allen liked that the quarterback received the play call with plenty of time left on the play clock…
Running back Alvin Kamara only had 39 yards rushing and three catches. Allen says Kamara was dealing with a rib issue, but should be fine. New Orleans hosts Tampa Bay this Sunday.