08:30 Newscast, October 4th, 2016

US Senate candidate Charles Boustany releases the first attack ad of the election and it targets State Treasurer John Kennedy. Halen Doughty has more…:
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Monroe Police Juror Pat Moore says as many as 20-percent of people in her district couldn’t get federal disaster aid and have still not recovered from the March flood…:
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She hopes moving forward to hold classes to teach people the importance of writing wills and keeping important paperwork.

One of the ways the state hopes to improve education is to offer teachers a yearlong residency to better prepare them for the classroom, and now Louisiana has received a grant towards that effort..:
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That’s Assistant Talent Superintendent Hannah Dietsch with the state Department of Education and she says the $67 million dollar federal grant will reach 137 schools in rural areas.

Independent US Senate candidate Troy Hebert has filed a lawsuit saying it’s not fair that CABLE and LBP have only included the wealthy candidates in a debate taking place two weeks from today. But CABLE President Barry Erwin says there has to be some benchmark for participation:
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Hebert says the system is rigged.