A new ICE detention center is now open at Angola. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A children’s advocacy group says child care providers are having a hard time staying in business. Mattilyn Batson, with 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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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. Harry Friedman, who was the executive producer at the time, says by the time they decided to evacuate, they had no way to get out – so they commandeered two tour buses.
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The two weeks of shows 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.