Baton Rouge Representative Ted James says he doesn’t expect GOP efforts in the special session to curb the Governor’s public health authority will be successful. Jeff Palermo spoke with the Democrat…
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Former Louisiana Governor Mike Foster has entered hospice care. The state’s 53rd governor is 90-years-old. He served as the state’s governor from 1996 to 2004. The former state senator from Franklin was easily elected to a second term. Foster supported businesses and expanded TOPS during his time in office.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto says his deputies fatally shot a man who killed his girlfriend as deputies watched. Lopinto says his deputies responded to a call of a male beating up a female. When they got to the scene, the two were arguing in the street and the man shot the woman in the neck and that’s when deputies returned fire…
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The identities of the deceased have not been released.

The 250 dollar Frontline Worker Rebate Program has processed about 65 percent of the over 240,000 applications received. Louisiana Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson says they’re confident they will give away all of the money by the October 31st application deadline.
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Eligible workers have to earn less than 50,000 dollars a year in a specifically listed frontline job for a certain amount of hours during the coronavirus shutdown.