The United Health Foundation’s annual America’s Health Rankings lists Louisiana as the least healthy state in the country. Eric Gill reports…
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Angola Warden Burl Cain has decided to give up his post at the end of the year. Jeff Palermo reports…
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President Barack Obama signs a major new education bill that will give states more control over school accountability and student testing. It replaces the 2002 No Child Left Behind education law. State Superintendent of Education John White believes the new legislation is a good thing for Louisiana’s public schools.
White says this legislation will allow for the state to determine our own standards. He says that’s currently underway as a large committee made up of Louisiana education leaders is looking at proposed changes to Common Core.
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White says we can expect good things around the bend for our kids. He says this legislation increases funding for low performing schools to turn themselves around and Louisiana has had success doing so in Orleans and East Baton Rouge Parishes.
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The United Health Foundation’s annual America’s Health Rankings lists Louisiana as the least healthy state in the country. United Health Foundation’s Rhonda Randall says Louisiana fell two spots from last year. She says several factors lead to Louisiana’s low ranking…
The report cites high smoking and obesity rates among residents as causes for the state’s unhealthy ranking. Randall says Louisiana ranks 50th in the country in the percentage of children living in poverty and that is a big concern…
Randall says children living in poverty in Louisiana has increased 73-percent in the past 5 years. She says, while it may be difficult, it’s not impossible to improve Louisiana’s ranking. Randall says it may be up to you, as an individual, to spur your family and friends to make healthy lifestyle changes…
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A 14-year-old bicyclist was hit by a pickup truck and killed in Prairieville at around 6 last night. The driver was charged with negligent homicide. State Police Trooper Bryan Lee say the crash happened as the victim, Brennan Rube of Prairieville, was riding his bike on LA 73 and 26-year-old Joshua Ashford of Gonzales hit him from behind him and caused him to be thrown from the bike.
Rube, a freshman at Dutchtown High School, was pronounced dead at the scene. Lee says troopers have determined Ashford was traveling faster than the 45 mile per hour speed limit and that was a factor in the crash.
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Lee says Rube was wearing dark clothing, wasn’t wearing a helmet and did not have the proper lights on his bicycle that would’ve helped Ashford see him sooner but speeding played a big factor in the accident.
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Angola Warden Burl Cain has decided to give up his post at the end of the year after nearly 21 years on the job. Cain’s resignation comes weeks after The Advocate newspaper published articles questioning whether his real estate deals with relatives and friends of inmates violated Department of Corrections rules. Cain says when the paper questioned his religious beliefs, he knew it was time to go…
Cain is 73-years-old and the longest serving warden in Angola history. He has gained world-wide recognition for his efforts in reforming the prison. Cain says his biggest accomplishment at Angola does not lie with the buildings on the prison campus…
Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc will appoint Cain’s successor. Cain believes LeBlanc will select Dixon Correctional Institute Warden Darrell Vannoy to replace him at Angola…