Louisiana native Paul Rainwater is one of two candidates to become the new FEMA director, according to sources. US Senator John Kennedy says this would be a perfect choice as Rainwater has vast experience in dealing with disasters in Louisiana.
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A final decision on who Trump will nominate to direct FEMA may not be made until April or May.

Governor John Bel Edwards plans to present a criminal justice reform plan to lawmakers that looks at reducing minimum sentences for some nonviolent offenses. But he says opposition is coming from many DAs.
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Edwards says we have to find a way to lower the state’s incarceration rate, because Louisiana spends $600 million a year on the Department of Corrections.

A former choir director from Neville High School is under arrest by the Monroe Police Department on charges including four counts of each of prohibited sexual conduct between educator and student, and distribution of a Schedule I controlled dangerous substance. The suspect is identified as 25-year-old Jamaal Amos.

Newly released inmates are getting access to healthcare thanks to a partnership between the Louisiana Department of Health and the Department of Corrections. Halen Doughty has more…:
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