Starting Sunday, Louisiana will implement work requirements for some SNAP recipients that are able-bodied and without dependents. DCFS Secretary Terri Ricks says that includes working in a for at least 80 hours per month. But Ricks says 33 parishes with high unemployment rates are exempted from this new rule…
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We complete our daily profiles of the six main candidates running for governor by hearing from Republican Jeff Landry. Landry plans on spending every day of his administration fighting crime, improving education, and building up the state’s workforce…
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Landry says he’ll be a law and order governor and his efforts as Attorney General the last eight years prove that.

Early voting starts tomorrow and there are plenty of items on the ballot, Brooke Thorington has more.
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As saltwater continues to move up the lower Mississippi River, plans are underway to build a pipeline that would take fresh river water from past Kenner and transport it to drinking water treatment plants in Orleans and Jefferson Parish to dilute the salt. New Orleans’ director of homeland security and emergency preparedness Collin Arnold
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Arnold says cost estimates for the project are 100-to-250 million dollars and construction could begin in a week.

Saturday begins early voting and each day this week we’ve featured one of the main candidates running for governor. Republican John Schroder says he wants to improve education and lower crime and two ways to do that…
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Schroder says he also wants to create a better tax and regulatory atmosphere to bring bigger businesses to the Bayou State.

Tonight’s your last chance before early voting to hear from five of the six major gubernatorial candidates in a statewide televised debate. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Republican Jeff Landry is skipping the debate. Landry will reportedly be in Lake Charles tonight for a meet and greet event at White Oak Park where he’ll also raise money for his campaign. Also, the Times-Picayune has endorsed Nancy Landry for secretary of state and Scott McKnight for treasurer.

The last gubernatorial debate before early voting airs tonight on Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Council for a Better Louisiana and LPB are hosting the debate featuring five candidates and CABL President Barry Erwin says this debate will focus on their plan for the future of the Bayou State.
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Erwin says with many undecided voters in the state, this is a great chance for the public to get to know the candidates.

Over the last week we’ve been running stories on the six main candidates for governor. Today it’s Republican John Schroder. He’s currently the state’s treasurer and as governor Schorder wants to create an environment that’s friendly to businesses…
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Schroder served nine and half years in the legislature and is in his sixth year as treasurer.

The Louisiana State Fire Marshal is modifying the statewide burn ban. Spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says the biggest change is that each parish will be able to opt out based on moisture levels and the threat of wildfires.
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This modified burn ban will go into effect on Friday at 5 PM.

Next month clemency hearings will begin for some 20 death row inmates hoping Governor Edwards will commute their sentence from a death sentence to life in prison. Today a Baton Rouge judge is hearing a request from several local district attorneys to halt the clemency hearings. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says the constitution allows the Pardon Board to conduct its business the way they want…
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Attorney General Jeff Landry says the death row inmates are not eligible for a clemency hearing.

Saturday begins early voting and this week in our morning newscasts we’ve been featuring the six main candidates running for governor. Republican John Schroder has he wants to improve education and lower crime and two ways to do that…
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Schroder says he also wants to create a better tax and regulatory atmosphere to bring bigger businesses to the Bayou State.

906 people died on Louisiana’s roads last year in crashes which is a seven percent decrease from 2021. That’s according to statistics compiled by a research team at LSU. So why the decrease? Louisiana Highway Safety Commission spokesperson Greg Fischer says traffic volume increased in 2022 …
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Fisher says in 2022 there was an eight-percent increase in DWI arrests.

A first in Louisiana tonight as a high school football game in Baton Rouge will have an all-female officiating crew. Teiko Foxx has the story…
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A LHSAA member meeting will take place Tuesday to give high school principals an opportunity to decide how a select school should be defined. A ruling by a judge earlier this year prohibits the LHSAA from using the current definition. Because of this uncertainty, it’s unknown how the school football playoff brackets will look.

We continue our profiles of the six main candidates for governor and today its John Schroder, who is a former state lawmaker and has served as the state’s treasurer since 2017. Schroder says he wants to rid state government of cronyism and corruption…
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Schroder says he’ll create committees to focus on crime, education, and insurance, work up a game plan and call lawmakers into a special session.

A Baton Rouge judge will hear arguments today over whether the Pardon Board can hold clemency hearings next month for 20 death row inmates looking to have their sentence commuted to life in prison before Governor Edwards leaves office in January. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino expects Judge Don Johnson will rule against prosecutors who are trying to stop the hearings…
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The first clemency hearing is scheduled for October 13th.

The White House has approved the state’s request for an emergency declaration as four parishes, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Orleans and Jefferson, work to minimize the impact of saltwater intrusion coming up the Mississippi River. GOHSEP spokesperson Mike Steele says a lot of work is being done to protect the drinking water…
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Officials are asking residents in the New Orleans area not to panic and the water remains safe to drink.

The Louisiana State Fire Marshal is modifying the statewide burn ban. State Fire Marshal Office spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says the biggest change is that each parish will be able to opt out based on moisture levels and the threat of wildfires.
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This modified burn will go into effect on Friday at 5 PM.

The Louisiana State Fire Marshal is modifying the statewide burn ban….
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That’s state fire marshal spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue, who says the modified burn ban also lets fire chiefs to grant burn permissions. The modified order goes into effect tomorrow at 5 PM.

Next month clemency hearings will begin for some 20 death row inmates hoping Governor Edwards will commute their sentence from a death sentence to life in prison. Today, district attorneys will argue in front of a Baton Rouge judge in an effort to halt the clemency hearings. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says the constitution allows the Pardon Board to conduct its business the way they want…
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Attorney General Jeff Landry says the death row inmates are not eligible for a clemency hearing.

We continue our profiles today of the main candidates running for governor. Treasurer John Schroder says his first priority if elected governor is to restore the public’s faith in government.
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