Louisiana foster parents can find support thanks to a new website launched by First Lady Donna Edwards. DCFS Secretary Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says it takes more than government to raise a child. That’s why this program gets the community involved to help…:
Cut 10 (08) “little bit of respite”
Louisiana-fosters-dot-la-dot-gov connects parents with businesses, church groups and nonprofits to help meet the child’s needs.

The Department of Transportation says it’s been given the all clear to go ahead with the project to widen I-10 from Highland Road in Baton Rouge, to LA 73 in Ascension Parish. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says it’s very exciting that this major improvement to infrastructure is being made on such a heavily traveled thoroughfare…:
Cut 7 (08) “on a regular basis”
Wilson says it will take around two and a half years to widen the interstate by one lane in each direction.

The state’s budget deficit for fiscal year 2018, which begins next July, is up to one-point-five billion dollars. The previous budget deficit estimate was one-point-two billion dollars. Jonesboro Senator Jim Fannin questions why the deficit has been increased to one-point-five billion dollars, when legislators do not have to fund inflationary costs…:
Cut 15 (11) “this year”
An agreement between the governor and legislators on how to close the budget gap has yet to be reached and it will likely take a special session to do so.

Cops in Tangipahoa Parish say a man, who reportedly refused to leave someone’s property and allegedly was threatening residents with a knife, was shot and killed Thursday evening. They say 53-year-old Ronald Morgan was found dead outside of a Ponchatoula home. Detectives say the homeowner had an active protective order against Morgan. TPSO said the deadly shooting remains under investigation, but no charges have been filed as of now.