Governor Landry and federal officials announce Camp J at the Angola Prison has been renovated to house those identified as the worst of the worst criminal illegal migrants. Renovations to the wing were funded by the Big Beautiful Bill and renamed Camp 57 referring to Louisiana’s 57th governor, Jeff Landry. 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 when all of the repairs to the facility are complete.
No one reached billionaire status by Powerball in last night’s drawing for the 1.4-billion-dollar jackpot and as of this morning, the jackpot is 1.7 billion dollars. That’s the third largest in history. The next drawing is Saturday at 10:00 PM.
The Louisiana Policy Institute for Children is concerned about what the cost of doing business is doing to the childcare industry. Mattilyn Batson, the public policy and research director, says providers are finding it more difficult to remain in business because nearly every expense involved in running a childcare center has gone up in recent years.
She says raising tuition is not a good solution since parents are also struggling and programs designed to help are underfunded.
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 of shows at the Morial Convention Center. Then executive producer, Harry Friedman, 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.
Cut 10 (14) “…need their buses.”
After making out of the city, he says staff made sure all 30 contestants who appeared on the show were accounted for.