Big leap for Louisiana as scores for 4th grade reading have jumped from 46th to 16th in 4th in just two years. Sean Richardson has dertails.
Cut 2 (30) “…I’m Sean Richardson.”
City leaders in New Orleans have signed off on plans to build a new city-run shelter for 65 people living on the street. The move marks a change in plans from earlier efforts to move homeless people from encampments to permanent housing. The apartment-style shelter, would be built on a vacant lot between South Gayoso and South Dupre streets.
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A new statewide survey reveals some alarming mental health issues in Louisiana. Executive Director of Tulane’s Newcomb Institute Anita Raj says more than one in ten men in Louisiana have thought about suicide in the past year.
Cut 5 (11) “…against themselves or others.”
Raj says risks of non-intervention are substantial so if you see alarming behaviors, seek help
U-S Senator Bill Cassidy admits he’s struggling with the confirmation vote for Robert F Kennedy Jr as Secretary for the U-S Health Department. Kennedy is known as a vaccine skeptic and as a physician, that doesn’t sit right with Cassidy, so he’d like to hear Kennedy change his tune.