The Legislative Auditor’s Office releases a report that found 19-percent of the calls to the state’s child abuse-neglect hotline resulted in the person making the call hanging up after a DCFS counselor failed to answer the call. DCFS Secretary Terri Ricks says they need more staffers to monitor the 24-hour hotline, and she advises callers, they could have the call returned…
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The audit also revealed that only 60-percent of the calls to the hotline were answered directly by a staffer.

We are one month away from the gubernatorial primary and still not a lot of buzz over the governor’s race. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says give credit to the front-runner Jeff Landry for keeping it a mundane race…
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There is a televised gubernatorial debate tomorrow night.

A lawsuit that attempts to get a judge to rule FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 flood insurance rates are unlawful will be heard in federal court in New Orleans today. Brooke Thorington has more.
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U-S judge Shelly Dick has denied a motion from the state to allow juvenile offenders to stay at Angola, until their appeal is heard. Dick ruled from the bench last Friday that the teens must be moved to another facility over concerns for their physical and mental health. The judge’s order means the youths must be re-located by the end of the day tomorrow.