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December 16, 2016
Not Home For the Holidays, Louisiana Veterans Coming Home, Authors Alford and Bridges Discuss LONG SHOT
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Not Home For the Holidays
Congress recently approved an additional $1.25 billion in flood recovery aid for the state. The total amount is still nearly $2.5 billion short of what state officials requested. Still, thousands of Louisiana residents continue to pick up pieces, short on money and solutions and still waiting for assistance. As part of LPB’s continuing flood recovery coverage, senior producer Kevin Gautreaux visited with some families still waiting to return home for the holidays.
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Louisiana Veterans Coming Home
What challenges do our returning veterans face? Louisiana has one of the highest percentage of residents aged 25 and under in the country that have served in the military. This month’s encore presentation of LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE looks at the challenges and needs veterans face when they return stateside including securing civilian employment, obtaining healthcare and oftentimes housing. Catch the full LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE program Wednesday, December 21st at 7PM or online at www.lpb.org/publicsquare.
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Authors Alford and Bridges Discuss LONG SHOT
Long identified as top flight political journalist in Louisiana, Jeremy Alford and Tyler Bridges teamed up to write a book on the 2015 race for Governor titled LONG SHOT. Released this month, the book delves deep into the inner workings of the campaigns of republican David Vitter and democrat John Bel Edwards. Jeremy and Tyler sit down with Charlie Whinham to discuss the book and the most recent wild, no-holds-barred campaign for the state’s top office.
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