In the second week of the legislative session, lawmakers are still a long way from putting together a funding plan for next fiscal year. Halen Doughty has more…
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Police in North Louisiana have arrested a 17-year-old girl in the stabbing death of her 47-year-old boyfriend. Michelle Southern reports.
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Week two of the legislative session is underway and it appears legislators are far from agreeing to a funding plan for next fiscal year’s budget. House Appropriations Chairman Cameron Henry says lawmakers have more than 150 tax bills to look over, and they’re still missing vital information on many of them.
Henry says in many cases, lawmakers still need more information on the proposals before they can make a decision, and that will come during the hearings. He says what legislation moves out of committee will depend on the merit of each individual bill, not partisan politics.
Henry says it remains to be seen which proposals have the most support, not just from legislators by from the public as well. The House Appropriations Committee will hear testimony from the public starting tomorrow. He says voters’ opinions will greatly influence lawmakers.
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Nascent Technologies Corporation located on the LSU campus received two cybersecurity contracts totaling nearly five-million dollars from the U.S. Department of Defense. N-T-C president Jeff Moulton says they will develop real solutions to real worldwide problems
NTC was established last year with support from the state’s economic development department. They employ about two dozen workers and Moulton says they’ve been contracted to identify and assess the risk and exposure in the energy industry supply chain. He says viruses can attack industrial systems and the threat of a cyber-attack is a major concern…
The second contract secured by NTC is to coordinate information to address intelligence gaps between the U.S. and it’s many Caribbean partners. He says because the Caribbean comprises multiple countries, intelligence gaps can naturally emerge….
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UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation is seeking financial assistance applications from families with children that have medical needs not covered or not fully covered by their commercial health insurance. Joe Ochipinti (ahki’pinti), CEO of UnitedHealthcare-Gulf States Region, says grants cover up to $5,000 annually per child…:
Families can apply online at uhccf.org. Ochipinti says in order to qualify, the child must be 16 years of age or younger…:
Ochipinti says, in Louisiana, UHCCF has awarded more than 30 grants since 2013. He says families typically use the grants to help pay for treatments associated with conditions such as cancer, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, diabetes, hearing loss, cerebral palsy, among others…:
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The president of the Herndon Magnet Parent-Teacher-Student Association has been arrested for theft. Cindy Chadwick with the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office says 47-year-old Vera Dunfey of Shreveport headed the association. She says the investigation began in August of 2016 when an audit showed money was missing from the PTSA fund.
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Chadwick says the money in the account was raised through school fundraisers, and Dunfey had the most access to the money. She says after a detective met with the suspect, police took a look at Dunfey’s personal account.
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Chadwick says Dunfey has been booked into the Caddo Correctional Center on one count of theft. She says Dunfey committed the crime throughout the school year.