The waiting list for seniors and in-home services should start to dwindle due to legislation passed in the most recent session. Brooke Thorington has more.
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KSLA in Shreveport is reporting a 4th of July mass shooting at a block party that has claimed the lives of 3 people and wounded several others. Shreveport PD is still on the scene. We’ll have more on this as it develops.
Governor John Bel Edwards has vetoed anti-LGBTQ legislation and there’s growing speculation whether state lawmakers will seek to override his vetoes. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat believes majorities of Republican lawmakers will choose to come back to the Capitol…:
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The bills passed with two-thirds majority votes in both chambers…
Scorching temperatures could limit the yields for some of the state’s key crops, like rice. Louisiana Rice Specialist Ronnie Levy (Lee-Vee) with the LSU Ag Center says the full impact the heat has had on the rice crop won’t be known until harvest which hasn’t started yet. He says there are advantages to the hot, dry weather…:
Levy says the bigger concern is the impact drought conditions have on other crops like soybeans, sugarcane, and corn.