Category Archives: News
Department of Education receives $8 million to help with virtual learning
The Louisiana Department of Education plans to use $8 million that the legislature has awarded to the department to purchase new computers for students. State Superintendent Cade Brumley explains how ...
Dec 21, 2020 Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley
Governor Edwards urging residents not to hold regular holiday celebrations
Governor John Bel Edwards asks Louisiana residents not to gather outside their household for Christmas this year. Edwards says if you are planning on a regular Christmas celebration, you are making a ...
Dec 21, 2020 sergio santos / CC
LCTCS seeing early success with Reboot Your Career Program for jobless workers
The Louisiana Community and Technical College System believes it will retrain 5,000 workers who lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic by its April target through its "Reboot Your Career" pro...
Dec 21, 2020
AG warns of COVID vaccine scams
As the first COVID vaccine is being administered to frontline healthcare workers, the Louisiana Attorney General's Office warns of vaccine scams where con-artists play on your anxiety about the pandem...
Dec 19, 2020
Rep. Firment warns of insurance efforts to lowball hurricane victims
Freshman Pollock Representative Gabe Firment warned there's a lot of "disturbing" evidence that home insurance companies are shortchanging customers with hurricane damage on their settlement offers. F...
Dec 18, 2020
Domestic violence coalition receives funding to help victims with housing
More domestic abuse victims in Louisiana will be able to acquire housing thanks to a million-dollar grant awarded to the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Director Mariah Wineski said dom...
Dec 17, 2020
DOTD given ok to solicit proposals for a new I-10 toll bridge over the Calcasieu River
The Louisiana Department of Transportation has been given Legislative approval to seek out private partners to finance and build a new Interstate 10 toll-bridge over the Calcasieu River. DOTD Secretar...
Dec 17, 2020
Fate Winslow walks free after 12 years of a life sentence on a marijuana charge
Fate Winslow is a free man after serving 12-years in prison for selling marijuana to an undercover police officer in Shreveport for 20-dollars. Winslow was sentenced to life in prison in 2008 because ...
Dec 17, 2020
Gov. Edwards says it's "well past time" to accept election results
On his monthly talk show, Governor Edwards said it's past time everyone accepts President-elect Joe Biden won the November election and went after AG Jeff Landry for supporting a legal attempt to over...
Dec 17, 2020
Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine could receive approval
An FDA advisory committee meets today to discuss whether to give emergency approval to a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna. Assistant Dean for Translational Research at LSU Health New Orleans Scho...
Dec 17, 2020 EpicTop10.com / CC
