Federal money received as part of a nationwide disaster resiliency competition will be used to move Native Americans living in Isle de Jean (zhan) Charles in Terrebonne Parish to safer ground. Eric Gill reports…
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Pro-life groups are concerned about the views that new Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Rebekah Gee has on abortion. Michelle Southern reports…:
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LSU ends with a top five recruiting class that’s loaded with in-state talent. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Federal money received as part of a nationwide disaster resiliency competition will be used to move Native Americans living in Isle de Jean (zhan) Charles in Terrebonne Parish to safer ground. The plan is to have the members of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indian tribe relocated by 2019. Chief Albert Naquin says they’re not sure where their new community will be…
Only 320 acres of the island remain and experts believe it will be completely submerged in 50 years. Naquin says US Department of Housing and Urban Development officials toured the island earlier this week…
Naquin says the state received $48 million to relocate the community. He says the Isle is a quiet, peaceful community. Naquin hopes they can keep some of those qualities in their new home…
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Pro-life groups are concerned about the views that new Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Rebekah Gee has on abortion. Louisiana Right to Life claims Gee, a gynecologist, is pro-choice and has ties to Planned Parenthood. Gee says she is personally pro-choice, but when it comes to being the head of DHH, she’s pro-family…:
Louisiana Right to Life Executive Director Benjamin Clapper says Governor John Bel Edwards named a DHH secretary with stances incompatible with his own pro-life values. But Gee says she is committed to upholding the views of the governor in this role…:
Louisiana Right to life says Gee was named as a plaintiff in a lawsuit backed by Planned Parenthood that dealt with stores making it easier to access the emergency contraceptive Plan B. Gee says one of the most important job’s she’s ever had was to lead an initiative aimed at combating prematurity because it’s the leading cause of infant mortality…:
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Governor John Bel Edwards tells teachers there are no plans to cut funding for public schools, despite the state’s difficult budget challenges. Louisiana currently allocates three-point-seven billion dollars for public schools and puts it into the minimum foundation program, which distributes money to school districts…:
But Edwards added that there likely won’t be growth in the funding next fiscal year…:
Edwards spoke and answered questions from educators and staff at a listening tour sponsored by the Louisiana Association of Educators. He says the current budget deficit of $750 million dollars is the largest ever inherited by any governor in the history of our state, and this is the 8th straight year of shortfall…:
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Heading into national signing day, LSU was on the verge of landing the number one recruiting class in the nation, but they fell short. Alabama once again wins the national recruiting title, but the Tigers’ class still ranks in the top five based on what the experts say. Coach Les Miles says he was more interested in signing players that can help the Tigers win in the fall…
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LSU chances of landing the nation’s number one recruiting class took a hit, when the Tigers lost linebacker Erick Fowler to the Texas Longhorns. But Miles will not lose sleep over missing out on a four-star prospect…
Even though LSU missed on Fowler, they still signed a couple of four-star linebackers, Rahssan Thornton and Michael Divinity from John Ehret High School in Monroe. Miles says Divinity has the physical ability to play right away…