Public meetings are being held in flood impacted areas of the state to update flood victims on the ongoing recovery efforts. Executive Director for the Office of Community Development, Pat Forbes says the task force wanted to make sure that everybody had a chance to weigh on how dollars will be distributed.

Cut 3 (10) “those things”

A Baton Rouge father has been arrested after allegedly killing his 4-year-old while play fighting. Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola says on November 30th, Kristopher Carter brought his unconscious son, Marcel, to the hospital, hours after the incident because his son did not want to go.

Cut 9 (10) “abdomen area”

Carter’s attorney released a statement saying their investigation results draw a different conclusion to what may have caused Marcel’s death.

The Revenue Estimating Committee has decided to delay the state’s reduced budget outlook for this fiscal year. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says the wait gives agencies less time to deal with inevitable cuts.

Cut 16 (11) “to reality”

Higher than estimated revenue would mean a large portion of the budget could get funding the state can’t afford, leaving higher ed and health care to face more mid-year cuts.

Former Governor Edwin Edwards is in the hospital with pneumonia. His wife Trina says her husband has a spot in one of his lungs that he keeps getting pneumonia in every year and doctors are working on a way to treat that so it doesn’t continue to recur. She says the state’s only four term governor is still in good spirits.

Cut 14 (05) “doing that”

Mrs. Edwards says hopefully her husband will be discharged soon.