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Louisiana Democratic Congressman Troy Carter is sounding an optimistic note that a compromise is within reach on infrastructure and social spending bills Capitol Hill has been wrangling with. He talks about one of the projects in the 1.2-trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that’s important to our state. About 6-billion-dollars is earmarked in the infrastructure bill for projects that include a passenger rail line running from New Orleans to Baton Rouge and beyond. He says, “brick and mortar are obviously important to advance us.”
On the heels of an in-depth investigation and damning report by several news agencies, the ACLU of Louisiana has called for a federal investigation into allegations of extreme abuse and unnecessary use of force against Black suspects by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.
On Sept. 24, non-profit, investigative-journalism organization ProPublica, through its Local Reporting Network and in conjunction with WRKF and WWNO, released a stinging article detailing the apparent racial bias within the JPSO and the overly aggressive nature of the sheriff’s department’s officers.
NEW ORLEANS — The temporary spending bill that lawmakers in Washington recently passed included $28.6 billion in emergency disaster relief and Louisanna will get a portion of that for its recovery.
U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, Troy Carter, said that money is already in the bank and the resources are on their way to Louisiana.
BATON ROUGE – Federal disaster aid remains elusive because of political gamesmanship in Washington as Louisiana residents struggle through Hurricane Ida’s lasting impacts and the remaining effects of natural disasters dating to last hurricane season.
After visiting New Orleans and other hard-hit areas of southeast Louisiana following Hurricane Ida, President Joe Biden agreed to request supplemental recovery aid from Congress. The request also included long-sought assistance for southwest Louisiana, which has endured four declared natural disasters since August 2020.
Small business advocates and economic-improvement organizations focusing on economic development within disadvantaged New Orleans communities echoed the thoughts of Congressman Troy Carter, who wrote a letter to the heads of FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pressing the federal agencies to include small, local, disadvantaged business enterprises (DEBs) in the post-Hurricane Ida rebuilding process.
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What happened: Infrastructure wasn't the only part of the White House’s Hill outreach Wednesday. A group of Congressional Black Caucus members met with White House officials to discuss the treatment of Haitian migrants, Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty said.
“We were able to express our concern for people who look like us. We had not seen the horses and the whips with any other population of people so that to us goes to racism."
— CBC Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty