Voter participation was about 48 percent for the Louisiana midterms, just above the national estimated average of 47. Matt Doyle has more.
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The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services is celebrating a record-breaking number of adoptions from foster care, with 631 families taking in 912 children in the Federal Fiscal Year of 2018. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Lee says the driver of the semi-truck, 56-year-old John White from Mississippi, has been booked into the Ascension Parish Jail for Negligent Homicide and 18 counts of Negligent Injuring. Lee says 18 people were hurt along with the one fatality…
The interstate re-opened at around four o’ clock this morning. Lee says the chain reaction crash occurred last night. Lee says White’s 18-wheeler encounter traffic on Interstate 10 near Gonzales that was stopped because of a previous accident…
Turnout for the midterm elections in Louisiana was 48 percent, a touch above early estimations that national turnout was 47 percent. LSU Public Policy Research Lab Director Mike Henderson says it’s a notable number, considering Louisiana lacked any high profile statewide elections, but it’s only a bit higher than the last major midterm in 2014…
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While Louisiana’s federal election participation is going up…
Only 40 percent of eligible voters participated in the 2015 governor’s race run-off between David Vitter and now Governor Edwards.
It tough to answer exactly why Louisianans have grown less engaged with state issues over the decades, but Henderson says it could be due to a media climate that’s increasingly focused on high profile races for federal seats.
Louisiana’s next statewide election is in December for the Secretary of State’s run-off.
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The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services is celebrating a record breaking number of adoptions from foster care, with 912 children finding homes in the Federal Fiscal Year of 2018. It’s an 18% increase from the previous record set last year. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters credits additional staffing support as well as families wanting to take in more than just one child.
Walters says the agency is seeking out families that will adopt groups of siblings over just one child at a time.
Walters says although this is the third year in a row to break the record, she does not predict the streak to go into a fourth year.
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Saints coach Sean Payton spoke today about the team’s new acquisition, former Cowboys star Dez Bryant. Payton says the former All-Pro wide receiver is about five pounds heavier than he should be, but that’s to be expected.
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Bryant has been known as a problem child. But Payton says the Saints have a special culture and it will be a good fit for Bryant.
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