A United States Navy veteran has declined to accept the Peoples Health Champion Award during this Sunday’s New Orleans Saints game in the Superdome. Commander John Wells says he was very honored and excited when he was named a recipient. But he says the anthem protests by NFL players are a slap in the face to veterans…:
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He believes in a good conversation, but doesn’t agree with disrespecting the flag that gives us the right to have that conversation.

November is Adoption Awareness month, and DCFS reports a record number of kids got permanent homes in a one year period ending September 30. Child Welfare manager Shannon Catanzaro (cat-an-zaro) says there are still children waiting to be adopted…:
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764 children were adopted up from the record of 735 the previous year.

Another feud is brewing between Governor John Bel Edwards and Attorney General Jeff Landry. The AG believes his office should be handling the lawsuit against opiod companies; not the administration. The state Department of Health claims in a suit that drug manufacturers intentionally flooded Louisiana with highly addictive. Landry says his office is working on its own litigation…:
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The AG won a legal battle this week over the governor’s office on an executive order dealing with discrimination of LGBT state workers.

There are now 14 former LSU Tigers who are World Champions. The latest two are third baseman Alex Bregman and relief pitcher Will Harris, who helped the Astros win their first world series title in franchise history.