In the final hours of the 2023 legislative session, Louisiana lawmakers prioritized young children and their parents by allocating $44 million in new funding to early care and education.
BATON ROUGE - A New Orleans-area legislator wants the head of Louisiana s Department of Children and Family Services ousted in wake of multiple failures at the agency, including the death of a toddler who ate fentanyl and the sexual abuse of multiple foster kids.
Facing criticism of an alleged coverup, former Louisiana State Police Superintendent Kevin Reeves told lawmakers there was no effort to mislead anyone.