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Steps to restore power to more than 1 million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi are at least three days away for most, federal energy officials said Tuesday, as regional electric providers struggle to tally the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ida.
NEW ORLEANS —
Congressman Troy Carter and Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise joined forces for a public service announcement promoting vaccines.
Both Carter and Scalise are vaccinated, and encouraged others to get their shots to fight the fourth surge of COVID-19 happening in Louisiana.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana families who receive food stamps will see their benefits increase by an average of $36 per person each month starting in October after President Joe Biden's administration approved a permanent increase in the levels of food aid available to needy families.
In prepared remarks before the Bureau of Governmental Relations (BGR) yesterday, Congressman Troy Carter highlighted federal assistance programs that are helping Louisiana’s businesses and residents while also urging more cross-the-aisle friendships in Washington.
People receiving food stamps in Louisiana will see a bump in their benefits – about $155 more for a family of four – starting Oct. 1 because of change at the federal level, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday.
U.S. Rep. Troy Carter has asked the Biden administration for third-party monitoring of air emissions in the Mississippi River corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans — and for money to study the cumulative impact of those emissions on public health.