The Louisiana Republican Party is expected to announce their endorsement of former Congressman Jeff Landry over incumbent Republican Buddy Caldwell in this year’s Attorney General’s race. LaPolitics-dot-com Publisher Jeremy Alford says this is not a big surprise as Caldwell has rubbed a lot of people the wrong way in recent years…

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He says Caldwell received a lot of criticism among Republicans for offering encouraging words to former Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu in her unsuccessful bid for re-election last year.

Republican Senators Bill Cassidy and David Vitter took a moment on the Senate floor to honor the victims and heroes in the Lafayette movie theater shooting. The Senators thanked first responders, theater staff, and school teachers Jena Meaux and Ali Martin. Cassidy says Meaux and Martin acted bravely in their efforts to stop the shooter…

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Resources for residents who are having a hard time dealing with the Lafayette movie theater shooting and need someone to talk to have been established by the Department of Health and Hospitals. Brad Farmer, with the Acadiana Area Human Services District, says people are affected by tragedies of this magnitude in different ways…

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Farmer says their 24-hour-crisis line is toll free at 1-877-655-8241.

The USDA has cited a UL-Lafayette research facility in New Iberia for both the injury and death of two different monkeys and for also allowing monkeys to escape their cages. Co-founder of Stop Animal Exploitation Now Michel Budkie says this isn’t the first time government regulators have come down against the research facility…

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The USDA report did say corrective actions have taken place.