NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. TODAY, THE EMBATTLED DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES IN THE HOT SEAT AT THE STATE CAPITOL. THIS COMES ONE WEEK AFTER OUR INVESTIGATION. DCFS UNDER FIRE AIRED.

State officials recently prioritized reducing wait times for calls into Louisiana’s child abuse hotline, but achieving that resulted in hundreds of reports to its online portal going unhandled for ...