15+ hour, 24+ min ago  (486+ words) MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Local leaders, educators and health workers gathered at the Public Safety Center on Friday to become better equipped to recognize and prevent lead exposure " a hidden danger that can affect how children grow and learn "A hidden…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (307+ words) MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The University of Louisiana Monroe is launching a new pilot program for students who are parents. It's called Study NPlay. The program is aimed at helping them stay enrolled, finish their credentials, and transition into the workforce....

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (404+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - State lawmakers advanced a bill that would require pre-k's to report their lead testing to the state. State Sen. Patrick Mc Math (R-Mandeville) filed the bill in response to Fox 8's Lead Astray investigation, which found…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (249+ words) MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Several cadets in Wossman High School's JROTC program took over for the teachers at Carver Elementary School on Monday, sharing their knowledge and experiences with students from grade levels kindergarten through sixth grade as part of a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (481+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - State lawmakers advanced a bill which could protect future children in Louisiana daycares from lead exposure. The Senate Committee on Environmental Quality passed, without pushback, a bill which would require some daycares and pre-k's to undergo…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (591+ words) The two Democrats announced the proposals at a celebratory event in Brooklyn, with Hochul and Mamdani casting the initiative as a transformative step toward easing the city's notoriously high cost of living. "This is the day that everything changes," Hochul…...