Former Vice President Kamala Harris administers the oath of office to the 63rd mayor of New Orleans, Helena Moreno.
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Moreno takes over for the term-limited LaToya Cantrell.
Breaking news into the LRN newsroom – former Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt is expected to sign with LSU. We’ll have more on this throughout the day.
A recent audit of 24 New Orleans-area restaurants by SeaD Consulting found that nearly one-third of them were lying about the source of their shrimp, in violation of a state law that went into effect a year ago. Marrero State Senator Pat Connick says lack of enforcement has led to a decrease in compliance.
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We’re getting more reaction to the new federal nutrition guidelines released last week. Dr. Oren Rom with LSU Health Shreveport says his big takeaway is how simple they are going from 164 pages to ten. He says for the most part, the recommendations are not much different from the old recommendations, although he would have liked to have seen a higher recommendation for daily vegetable servings.