Port Allen High School students were inducted as leaders and members of the Jobs for Americas Graduates (JAG) organization Thursday, Oct. 4. Congressman Garret Graves and Port Allen Wal-Mart Manager Mr. L. Louis encouraged students to work hard with stories of their own perseverance and success.
Following an invocation by Pastor James Morrise of Rosehill Baptist Church, Congressman… Read more »
Today, 90 percent of Americans believe that able-bodied adults receiving welfare assistance should be required to work or prepare for work. As the House and Senate work to reconcile their two different versions of the Farm Bill in conference committee, the reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps) program in the House-passed version are an important first step… Read more »
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A program that's already seen success in East Baton Rouge Parish is expanding. The goal is to give high school students a head start in landing quality careers. The faces of future leaders are getting a golden chance to learn about science and engineering in the workplace while still in high school. "The National Science Foundation says that this year,… Read more »
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Students in Ascension Parish head back to class one week from Wednesday. And it will be a homecoming for a lot of schools that are reopening after the August 2016 flooding.
On Wednesday, August 1, Lake Elementary School cut the ribbon on its newly restored campus.
It was a packed house as school leaders showed off the renovated campus to students and parents. The… Read more »
DENHAM SPRINGS — Opening a U.S. Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program at any school would be an achievement. There are just 235 in the country at any given time, and offering such a program is considered an honor.
But the dedication ceremony for a new program at Denham Springs High School took on special meaning Tuesday afternoon because it will be housed in a… Read more »
Improvements to federal fisheries policy that Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) has been pushing for in Congress advanced to the U.S. Senate today as the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 200 - Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act.H.R. 200 includes several Graves provisions that benefit saltwater fishermen and women,… Read more »
Substantial reforms to the Food Stamp Program that Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) introduced last year through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives last week as provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill.With more than 100 co-sponsors, support for the SNAP Reform Act amounted to a groundswell of members who advocated… Read more »
A recent announcement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of $14 million to the Comite River Diversion Canal shines a ray of hope on the project. While the sum is roughly 1/20th of the total pot, that's quite alright, because there's several reasons this particular announcement has excited both the local and federal legislative delegations.First, when it comes to the Comite, there's one… Read more »
DENHAM SPRINGS – An end to the onerous Duplication of Benefits provision, along with efforts to secure additional flood recovery revenue for Livingston Parish, remain top priorities for the Louisiana Congressional delegation, Congressman Garret Graves.The Republican House member from the 6th Congressional District discussed the flood and other issues during his address to the… Read more »
Louisiana's Congressional delegation is working to reform laws to help victims recover from natural disasters. Listen here: http://wrkf.org/post/congressman-graves-seeks-fix-duplication-benefits-policy Representative Garret Graves has a bill that would fix the duplication of benefits policy. Many flooded homeowners who got an SBA… Read more »
