The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services warns that unless more funding is approved in the special session, that the food stamps program will be shut down. The money on SNAP cards comes from the feds, but the state has to foot much of the administrative bill, and the current budget leaves no money for it. Secretary Marketa Walters says people who receive SNAP benefits don’t have the income to feed their family. She says the loss of this program would be a disaster.
A new state law allows Louisiana public school teachers up to 30 days of paid leave for the adoption process. Baton Rouge Representative Rick Edmonds, who sponsored it as a bill, says he wanted to see the burden put on families eased by the new legislation.
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A record setting amount of money was returned to a North Louisiana resident as part of the state’s Unclaimed Property Program. Jeff Palermo has the story.
More tech jobs are coming to Louisiana with the recent announcement that Accruent will be coming to New Orleans. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says the tech center is expected to bring in 350 jobs into the Big Easy.
Cut 9 (10) “…multiplier effect with this.”