Senator John Kennedy says the Louisiana Bond Commission decision against banks who restrict financing to gun sellers is a template for other conservative leaders who want to push back against gun control efforts.
Cut 2 (30) ”I’m Matt Doyle”
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services and Louisiana Court Appointed Special Advocates have partnered up this month for a major drive to recruit foster parents and CASA volunteers across the state, which is in serious need of volunteers. 7,900 children are in foster care for abuse or neglect in the Bayou state and only 3,900 have access to a CASA volunteer. Judge Kathleen Stewart-Richie cites a national study that says those volunteers have a major impact on children in the system…
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Unemployment for the month of July in Louisiana was 4.9 percent, continuing a promising string on unemployment numbers for the state. The national average currently sits at 3.9 percent. Louisiana Workforce Commissioner Ava Dejoie says the numbers are backed by continuing tech sector expansion in the state, along with the stabilization of oil industry jobs as work picks up in the gulf. She highlighted two sectors that have been high performers for the year.
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A Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Deputy was at the right place at the right time to be a hero for a kindergarten teacher on the first day of school at Plantation Park Elementary. Deputy Chris Slopak states he was roaming the halls when he encountered the teacher, Mrs. Burns, in distress. Slopak says Burns explained what happened once she could speak again.
Cut 13 (10) “…her windpipe area.”