6:30 A.M. LRN Newscast 03/27/2018

The dead hunger as the Department of Children and Family Services cuts back on SNAP benefits for the deceased. Matt Doyle has more.

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A bill to raise the minimum wage will be up for a vote before the full Senate today. The legislation would boost the minimum wage to $8.50 an hour by 2020, and has the support of Governor John Bel Edwards…

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The Louisiana Attorney General’s office is expected to announce its results in the  Alton Sterling investigation today. The state A-G’s office has investigated for nearly a year on whether two white Baton Rouge police officers should face charges in the 2016 shooting of Sterling, who is black. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says it’s not known, if Landry presented evidence to a grand jury..

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The US Justice Department announced last May the fatal shooting outside of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge did not violate Sterling’s civil rights. Ciolino says the state’s A-G office likely used information gathered by the feds and State Police

The shooting in the summer of 2016 sparked protests in Baton Rouge. Officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II approached Sterling after receiving calls about a man with a gun. An altercation ensued and video shows Salamoni shooting Sterling. Ciolino says investigators have been looking at more than just the video

 

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