Today, Stephen Waguespack stepped down as the President of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry and entered the governor’s race. Waguespack is the fifth major Republican to enter the race. Waguespack has led L-A-B-I since 2013. Prior to that he served in former Governor Bobby Jindal’s administration.

DCFS has hired more than 300 employees for their child welfare division after they were plagued with several child death cases that fell through the cracks.
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It was two weeks ago, Southeastern Louisiana was hit with a suspected cybersecurity attack and much of their computer system network remains down. S-L-U Professor Dayne Sherman says AT&T should have been brought on campus to help…
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Sherman blames Southeastern President John Crain for not doing enough. Crain says good progress is being made to recover from a significant disruption caused by a network security incident.

The Humane Society of Louisiana is asking the state legislature to appropriate three million dollars to build new animal shelters and improve existing ones. Director Jeff Dorson says about half of the state’s parishes lack a facility to take in strays, missing and hurt animals….
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Dorson they’ll make an official request when lawmakers convene the regular session next month.