If you want to donate money or volunteer to help in the Hurricane Ida recovery go to volunteer-Louisiana-dot-gov. Dave Brannen has more…
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While much of the nation’s focus is on recovery for southeast Louisiana, Governor Edwards keeps reminding others of the dire needs of the southwest region also. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser is putting out a call for volunteers or donations to assist with storm recovery efforts related to Hurricane Ida. He’s the leader of Volunteer Louisiana.
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Nungesser says volunteers will be needed for an extensive period of time and people can find volunteer opportunities at volunteerlouisiana.gov/disaster-services
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Volunteer Louisiana is asking that volunteers do not self-deploy but wait until they are contacted by the organization’s office.
Nungesser says If you’d like to help out with donations visit https://volunteerlouisiana.gov.donate
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After the President’s visit to Louisiana to tour devastation left in the path of Hurricane Ida, Senator Bill Cassidy says Biden has pledged assistance to both southeast and southwest Louisiana.
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Cassidy says Biden told him he’s committed to providing home repair dollars for Hurricane Laura and Delta victims in the next federal spending bill that needs to be approved by October 1st.
Cassidy says he also spoke with Biden about the proposed infrastructure bill, which has billions dedicated to helping mitigate the power hurdles the state is facing.
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Cassidy says he also talked with former New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond, who works with the Biden Administration. Cassidy says their meeting left him hopeful the current administration will assist with the recovery.
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Last January, Louisiana requested $3 billion to address unmet recovery needs after Hurricane Laura.
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While southeast Louisiana is in dire need of power, fuel, and housing for displaced residents, it’s been over a year for southwest Louisiana residents who still need permanent housing after hurricanes Laura and Delta. Governor John Bel Edwards says it’s disappointing…
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President Biden says he will include that block grant funding in his federal budget that will be voted on by Congress before the next fiscal year begins October first.
Hurricane Ida not only jolted southeast Louisiana, but its journey north has also claimed over 45 lives in the Northeast. With national attention on the hurricane, Edwards hopes it will rally Congress to approve funding for both areas of the state.
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Edwards says the state has supported southwest Louisiana as much as fiscally possible but the bulk of the funding the area desperately needs for permanent housing must be approved by Congress
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Ida is now the fifth hurricane to impact the Bayou State during the pandemic and the fifth most powerful hurricane to hit the U-S.
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry says his office is launching its own investigation into the deaths of several nursing home residents who were evacuated to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish that was not equipped to house over 800 residents. Landry says he wants to know the facts that led to these deaths
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The state health department reports six nursing home residents evacuated to the Tangipahoa facility have died. All of the nursing home residents came from facilities operated by Bob Dean who told a Baton Rouge TV station they did a good job of taking care of the people. Landry says there are a lot of unanswered questions
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Landry says both Tangipahoa Sheriff Daniel Edwards and Independence Police Chief Frank Edwards both said an investigation was not needed. Landry says they are brothers of Governor John Bel Edwards. Governor Edwards’ administration is conducting an investigation.
Landry is also concerned his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Unified Command Group were never notified of patient abuse or neglect when the governor’s office was first notified
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The LSU Tigers were pushed around in a 38-27 season opening loss to the UCLA Bruins in Pasedena on Saturday night. UCLA had 470 yards of total offense as they hit on several big plays, while LSU never established a running game, rushing for just 49 yards. After the game, Tigers Coach Ed Orgeron took responsibility for the loss
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UCLA is not known as a physical football team, but they won the battle in the trenches as the Bruins rushed for 210 yards. Orgeron was asked about the Bruins being the more physical team…
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The 23rd ranked Ragin Cajuns were unable to pull of the upset in Austin as U-L Lafayette fell to the 19th ranked Texas Longhorns 38-18. Even though the Cajuns had more first downs than Texas, the Longhorns were betteron third down U-L Lafayette could not get a ground game going. Cajuns Coach Billy Napier says they did some good things, but there were some opportunities they missed
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Louisiana Tech blew a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter and lost to Mississippi State 35-34. La Tech forced four turnovers, Trey Baldwin had a pick six and quarterback Austin Kendall played well in his Bulldog debut, but they couldn’t finish. Coach Skip Holtz…
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