Congress approves a stop-gap funding bill that contains 28-billion dollars for Louisiana and other states to use to recover from natural disasters. Dave Brannen has reaction from Senator John Kennedy and Congressman Clay Higgins…
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Louisiana is expanding the Shot for 100 Campaign. That means unvaccinated individuals will receive a 100-dollar Visa gift card if they get vaccinated this month. This campaign was first offered to college students.

Louisiana ranks fifth in the nation in the rate of women murdered by men. The Violence Policy Center says the Bayou State has ranked in the top 10 consistently since 2009. VPC Legislative Director Kristen Rand says a common thread among the southern states in the top ten is access to guns.
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Rand says the states in the Top 10 also have a lack of resources for domestic abuse victims.

It’s October 1st so there are two more months left in the hurricane season. The state was hit by two hurricanes last October, Delta, and Zeta and State Climatologist Barry Keim says many Louisiana residents remember Hurricane Juan in 1985…
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Members of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education are not happy with Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley’s new policy that gives school districts the opportunity to let parents decide if their child should stay home from school if they’ve been exposed to a person who has COVID. BESE member Kira Orange Jones would like to talk with state health officials and medical experts about this policy…
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Once again Louisiana ranks in the top ten in the rate of women murdered by men. The Bayou State ranks fifth in the Violence Policy Center’s annual study on this topic. V-P-C Legislative Director Kristen Rand says women who are victims of homicide are most likely killed by their intimate partners…
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It’s October first, but we know that Louisiana could still be impacted by a hurricane this month. Two hurricanes hit the state last year, Delta and Zeta….
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That’s State Climatologist Barry Keim, who says the good news is that there are no tropical threats to Louisiana or the Gulf of Mexico at this time.

For the first time since November 2019, over 90-thousand fans will file into Tiger Stadium to watch LSU take on an SEC opponent. The Bayou Bengals will host 22nd ranked Auburn at 8 PM on Saturday. Coach Ed Orgeron is looking forward to an electric atmosphere…
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LSU has not lost at home to Auburn since 1999.

Congress has approved 28-billion dollars in disaster aid that Louisiana and other states will share. Louisiana plans to use its share of the money to help 2020 hurricane victims pay for repairs to their homes and businesses. Congressman Clay Higgins says the destruction left behind by Hurricane Ida led to the passage of this funding…
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A funding formula will be used to determine how much Louisiana will receive, but Higgins doesn’t believe it will be enough.

Louisiana ranks fifth in the nation in the rate of women murdered by men. The Violence Policy Center says the Bayou State has ranked in the top 10 consistently since 2009. VPC Legislative Director Kristen Rand says a common thread among the southern states in the top ten is access to guns.
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We’ve made it to October 1st and the National Hurricane Center is monitoring two tropical systems. Hurricane Sam and Tropical Storm Victor. Both are way out in the Atlantic, but state climatologist Barry Keim says Lousiana still remains susceptible to storms for the next month…
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Louisiana was hit by two hurricanes last October, Delta and Zeta.

The Saints will finally get to play in the Ceasars Superdome this Sunday for the first time since Hurricane Ida. The game against the Giants also marks the first time the Black and Gold will get to play in front of a sold-out crowd in the Dome since January 2020. Defensive end Cam Jordan can’t wait…
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Kick-off is at noon.

Board of Elementary and Secondary Education President Sandy Holloway calls Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley’s plan to allow parents to decide if their child should stay home if there was a possible COVID exposure, abrupt and inconsistent with what health officials recommend. Fellow BESE member Kira Orange Jones agrees…
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Some school systems are implementing this new parent choice option, while others are not changing their quarantine rules.

Congress has finally approved long-sought-after disaster recovery dollars to help 2020 storm victims rebuild. Louisiana and other states will share 28-billion dollars in disaster aid. Senator John Kennedy says the money is contained in a bill that avoids a government shutdown…
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Louisiana ranks 5th in the nation for most women murdered by men. Brooke Thorington has more on the rankings from the Violence Policy Center.
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Officials have released the names of six nursing home patients who died in the evacuation to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish that was not equipped to handle over 800 residents during Hurricane Ida. They are identified as 59-year-old Sharon French, 52-year-old Timothy Porter, 77-year-old Thomas Becnel, 61-year-old Randolph Blankenship, 75-year-old Catherine Williams, and 84-year-old Donald Uzee.

Several education officials are not happy with the new policy from the state department of education that would give local school systems the authority to allow parents to decide if their child should stay home if potentially exposed to COVID. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Member Kira Orange Jones says Superintendent Cade Brumley should have discussed this proposal with BESE first…
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Some large school systems like Caddo, Bossier, and East Baton Rouge have decided not to change their quarantine rules, but there are school districts that will follow Brumley’s quarantine plan.

Louisiana and other states will share 28-billion dollars in natural disaster recovery dollars as a result of a funding bill approved by Congress. The money will be turned into grants to help Louisiana storm victims rebuild from last year’s hurricanes and a February winter storm. Southwest Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins voted for it, but…
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An annual report from the Violence Policy Center ranks Louisiana fifth in the nation for the rate of women murdered by men. Just a few years ago, Louisiana ranked second, but V-P-C Legislative Director Kristen Rand says moving from second to fifth is not necessarily an improvement…
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FBI stats also show that black women are twice as likely to be murdered by someone they know compared to white females.

It’s October first, but we know that Louisiana could still be impacted by a hurricane this month. Two hurricanes hit the state last year, Delta and Zeta….
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That’s State Climatologist Barry Keim, who says the good news is that there are no tropical threats to Louisiana or the Gulf of Mexico at this time.