Election day is a week away and U-S Senator John Kennedy has not officially endorsed any candidates in the Louisiana governor’s race. LaPolictics.com Publisher Jeremy Alford says the only endorsement Kennedy has made in a statewide race is Liz Murrill who has been Landry’s top prosecutor in the AG’s office.
Alford believes as the major Republican frontrunner, Landry does not need endorsements to carry him across the finish line.
Michael Arata, an attorney representing the death row inmates, filed an appeal today in an attempt to get the courts to rule that a settlement between the Louisiana Pardon Board and district attorneys is illegal. Arata says the Louisiana Pardon Board is a public body and there should be public input before they change their rules to keep death row inmates from having their clemency applications heard…
Arata says he’s hoping a judge will rule on his appeal by next Friday, which is the day the first of five death row inmates were expected to make their plea for a sentence of life in prison, instead of the death penalty….
After two frontal systems push in a bit of rain today, we’re finally going to feel fall-like weather. State Climatologist Barry Keim says one system is along the coast and the other is coming in from the north. Rain totals may reach an inch to a half inch or less…
Lows Saturday morning will be in the mid-50s across northern parishes and the mid-60s in south Louisiana.
The saltwater intrusion moving up the Mississippi River that’s threatening water systems in southeast Louisiana has shifted for the better. Colonel Cullen Jones with the Army Corps of Engineers…
Cut 15 (11) “…treatment facilities.”
The heightening is expected to be completed by October 12th.