A children’s advocacy group says child care providers are finding it more difficult to remain in business. Andre Champagne reports.
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20 years ago, Pat Sajak, Vanna White and the rest of the Wheel of Fortune crew nearly became trapped in New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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A new ICE detention center has been opened at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A children’s advocacy group says child care providers are finding it more difficult to remain in business. Mattilyn Batson, the public policy and research director for the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children, says they’re being stretched thin financially.
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Batson says nearly every expense involved in running a child care center has gone up in recent years.
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Batson says the simplest solution is for child care providers is to raise tuition. However, that’s a lot easier said than done.
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Batson says there are programs aimed at helping both child care providers and families afford child care, but those programs are underfunded, which only adds to the problem.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is testifying before the Senate Finance Committee this morning as chaos at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to reign supreme. This, after Kennedy fired Susan Monarez, triggering a wave of resignations by top employees. Senator Bill Cassidy, who’s a member of the Finance Committee, says he will have lots of questions for the secretary.
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Secretary Kennedy has long stated his opposition to the COVID-19 vaccines. Cassidy, on the other hand, has said President Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for his role in Operation Warp Speed, in which Pfizer and Moderna developed vaccines to immunize people from the virus that has killed more than a million people in the U.S. since 2020. Cassidy said those two viewpoints are not easily reconcilable.
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In February, Cassidy was the 14th and deciding vote in the Finance Committee to advance Kennedy’s nomination to the full Senate, effectively sealing his confirmation. That fact was not lost on WWL-TV reporter Paul Murphy, who asked him a point-blank question.
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20 years ago, Hurricane Katrina nearly trapped Pat Sajak, Vanna White and the rest of the Wheel of Fortune crew in New Orleans. They were in town taping three weeks worth of shows at the Morial Convention Center. Harry Friedman, who was the executive producer at the time, says by the time they made the decision to cancel the taping of the third week of shows and evacuate, they had no way to get out – so they commandeered two tour buses.
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So they boarded those buses mid-morning Sunday morning and in the first hour of their journey back to Los Angeles, they had traveled all of two miles on I-10, with the storm clearly visible in the rearview mirror. The two weeks they did manage to tape aired in November, with an introduction from Pat and Vanna stating that they were taped just before the storm. Friedman says staff made sure that all 30 contestants who appeared on the show were accounted for.
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They did, however, cut out a puzzle that made reference to the Superdome, which was used as the shelter of last resort. Since they cancelled the third day of taping, 15 contestants who were scheduled to appear on the show didn’t. Friedman says they eventually did get to appear on Wheel of Fortune from the show’s studio in Culver City.
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And because he felt that the show had some unfinished business in New Orleans, Wheel of Fortune returned to the city five years later – this time, without incident.
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Governor Landry and federal officials announce Camp J at the Angola Prison has been renovated to house what they are calling the worst of the worst criminal illegal migrants arrested by ICE. Landry says this facility fulfils the President’s promise to make America safer…
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Camp J was built in 1976 and state prisoners lived in solitary confinement there. It closed in 2018 over concerns it was no longer a secure facility. Landry says it’s been renovated, and 51 migrants have already been located there, with more to come…
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The One Big Beautiful Bill as the Trump administration calls it, paid for the renovations to Camp J, which is now called Camp 57 in honor of Landry, Louisiana’s 57th governor. ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan says it’s a model facility…
Landry says they expect to house about 200 detainees by mid-September and over 400 at the ICE detention center when all of the repairs to the facility are complete.
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LSU-Louisiana Tech is not the only intrastate matchup. The Ragin Cajuns host McNeese at 7 PM. Cowboyshead coach Matt Viator returns to Lafayette after serving as an offensive analyst for the Cajuns the last four seasons. Viator and UL-Lafayette coach Michael Desormeaux (DEZ-er-moe) worked together, and Viator likes the in-state matchups.
The Cajuns started the season with a very disappointing 14-12 loss against Rice. Desormeaux says that he knows the Cajuns will turn things around.
Cajuns quarterback Walker Howard has been ruled out for Saturday night’s game because of an undisclosed injury. Desormeaux says former Catholic High of Baton Rouge star Daniel Beale will start..
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The Saints kick off their season on Sunday at noon against the Arizona Cardinals. Second-year quarterback Spencer Rattler will start under center for the Black and Gold. Head coach Kellen Moore says he is seeing lots of confidence from Rattler going into game week.
The Saints will face a talented Arizona Cardinals defense led by safety Budda Baker and linebacker Josh Sweat. Spencer Rattler says avoiding negative plays will be the key….