A measure that suspends child support payments for individuals incarcerated for over 180 days nears final legislative passage as the bill heads to the House for approval of Senate changes. Metairie Senator Danny Martiny is a co-author and says it’s virtually impossible for a parent behind bars to pay child support…:
Cut 7 (09) “payment plan”
But Lafayette Senator Page Cortez says some offenders will still refuse to pay up…:
Cut 8 (10) “to jail”
The bill is one of 10 different proposals that make up the governor’s criminal justice reform package.

LSU will face Mississippi State in the Baton Rouge Super Regional this weekend after the Bulldogs beat Southern Miss twice Monday to take the Hattiesburg Regional. Series dates and start times will be announced this morning.

Congressman Clay Higgins is coming under fire for controversial statements he made on Facebook in response to the weekend London Attack. Higgins suggested that anyone suspected of being an Islamic radical should be killed. UL-Lafayette political science professor Pearson Cross says Higgins could face backlash from moderate constituents, but…:
Cut 14 (11) “that direction”
Higgins has since issued a statement saying he’s never been accused of being politically correct.

A proposal to change the name of the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts nears final passage. The Natchitoches school would add Jimmy D. Long Sr. to its name in a measure that passed the House Monday.