Sixteen parishes impacted by Hurricane Laura have been approved to receive Disaster SNAP benefits. Brooke Thorington spoke with a DCFS representative.
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The LA GOP asks Governor Edwards to allow parish governments to make their own decisions about potentially moving to Phase Three. Matt Doyle has the story…
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The state has received approval to distribute disaster food stamps in 16 parishes impacted by Hurricane Laura. The program will run in phases, with the first phase beginning tomorrow in Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vermilion, and Vernon. Shavana Howard with DCFS explains what eligible recipients should do…
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The number to the call center is 1-888-LA-Help-U. For more information and to pre-register go to dcfs.la.gov/DSNAP
Howard urges anyone who lives in the 16 parishes impacted by Hurricane Laura to pre-register online first and then call in according to their last name on certain days to apply. A list of days can be found on the DCFS website.
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Howard says they will roll out benefits to the remaining seven parishes beginning September 17th and storm victims are encouraged to the DCFS website for information about eligibility. Howard says they are working with other state agencies to streamline the registration process.
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For more information and to pre-register go to dcfs.la.gov/DSNAP
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Saturdays will look much different at Tiger Stadium this fall LSU announces there will be no pre-game walk down Victory Hill, the Tiger band will not perform on the field, no tailgating, and attendance will be capped at 25%. Interim LSU President Thomas Galligan says attendees need to prepare to mask up.
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Despite a smaller crowd, Galligan is confident the energy of Tiger Stadium will still be there.
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Single-game tickets will not be available, so the fans that get to go to the games will be season-ticket holders, students, and a small number of fans from the visiting school. Athletic Director Scott Woodward says the fans will enter the stadium in phases.
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LSU’s first home game is the season opener against Mississippi State on September 26th.
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The state Republican Party calls on Governor Edwards to allow parish governments to make their own decisions on whether or not to move into Phase Three.
LA GOP spokesperson Ben Smith says the current one size fits all statewide plan isn’t allowing areas with manageable levels of COVID-19 to restart their economies. He says it should be up to the locals.
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Smith says local governments should also have the ability to decide whether to implement mask mandates, gathering limits, and bar closures.
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Smith says many areas of the state have plenty of hospital capacity and low transmission rates.
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Jefferson, St. Tammany, and St. Bernard Parishes have passed resolutions calling for permission to make their own decisions on what phase to adopt.
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An 11-year-old in Moss Bluff has been charged with 2nd-degree murder after he allegedly fatally shot a family member. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a shooting and arrived at a home to find 39-year-old Andrew Lafleur III dead. Investigations Commander Gene Pittman…
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Pittman says the family did not allow the child to be interviewed and have retained counsel.
Pittman says it’s a tragedy.
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It’s been nearly two weeks since Hurricane Laura came ashore and 90-percent of Calcasieu Parish remains without power. Governor John Bel Edwards says Laura damaged or destroyed over one-thousand power transmission towers, but the federal government is allowing Louisiana to use power generated in Texas
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Laura also damaged a Strategic Petroleum Reserve Site in West Hackberry. Its huge caverns hold eight billion gallons of crude oil. U-S Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette toured the damage this afternoon and the cost of fixing the repository is not his main worry…
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