Governor John Bel Edwards announces plans for a special session to begin on February 13th to fix a 304-million dollar budget deficit. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Louisiana is the third most dangerous state for online dating, according to a report by High-Speed-Internet.com. Michelle Southern has more…
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Governor John Bel Edwards announces he will call a special session so legislators can make what he calls “painful” cuts to address a 304-million dollar shortfall. Edwards says the 11-day special session would start February 13th…
Edwards says he will not ask legislators to raise taxes during the special session, but he will recommend using 119-million dollars in money from the state’s rainy day fund in an effort to soften the cuts….
Edwards says he’ll present a budget slashing plan to the legislature by February sixth. The governor says he will NOT recommend cuts to K-through-12 education, prisons and social services. He says during the special session he’d like input from the legislature and the public about how the state should spend its money…
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A report released by High-Speed-Internet.com finds Louisiana is the third most dangerous state for online dating. Researcher for the website, Kaz Weida, says the Bayou State received a high ranking because of its high rate of adults with STDs.
Weida says another factor that makes the Bayou State so dangerous for online dating is the extremely high rate of crime.
Weida says they are also concerned about Louisiana’s weak policies when it comes to sex education in public schools…
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A one-month-old infant is in critical condition and an 18-year-old father under arrest amid allegations he shook the baby violently, according to the Mandeville Police Department. Chief Gerald Sticker says they got a call from the hospital reporting the baby’s condition – so deputies began asking questions…:
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Sticker identifies the teenage father as Stephen Michael Dufresne of Mandeville and he’s been charged with 2nd degree cruelty to a juvenile. He says the baby was airlifted to Children’s Hospital in New Orleans and is in critical condition…:
Dufresne faces up to 40 years in jail if convicted. Sticker says the suspect and baby’s mother live together, but at the time mom was at work. He says the grandmother discovered the baby’s condition and rushed to the hospital…:
cut 11 (08) “difficulty breathing”
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The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival announces the 2017 lineup and it includes Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, Maroon 5, Snoop Dog, Dave Matthews and Harry Connick Jr. — just to name a few. Jazzfest producer Quint Davis says once again the event has something for everyone…:
It all happens at the New Orleans Fairgrounds the last weekend in April and first weekend in May. Much of Jazz Fest was rained out last year which is extremely rare, and Davis had only this to say about a crowd turnout in 2017…:
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You can find the full lineup online at nojazzfest.com. Snoop Dog and Stevie Wonder were pushed out by the rain in 2016, so Davis says it’s great that they’ve decided to return this year. He says not only is the Jazzfest wildly popular for it’s amazing musical lineup and arts and crafts, there’s no place else you can get a gourmet meal in a field:
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