Governor Edwards discussed the upcoming clemency hearings for 20 death row inmates on his monthly radio show. He says only after the Pardon Board makes their recommendation will he decide to grant or not. He says the board has to make difficult decisions, and several factors are considered in clemency applications…
Supermarket giant Aldi is set to purchase nearly 400 Winn-Dixie and Harvey’s Supermarket from Southeastern Grocers in a cash deal set to close in the first half of 2024. LSU Economist Jim Richardson says the deal is part of the company’s long-term plan to expand.
LSU Demographer Tim Slack says from 2020 to 2022 three in four Louisiana parishes saw more deaths than births. Some of the parishes where deaths outnumber births by more than ten percent, Webster, Morehouse, Winn, Franklin, LaSalle, Iberville and Pointe Coupee. Slack says it’s a significant problem…
He says the state’s overall population declined by 67,000 during that time period…
One more day of slightly lower temps and humidity and then it’s back to the excessive heat. Rain chances will stay low through the weekend, worsening the drought problem. State Climatologist Barry Keim says it’s so dire that for the last 30 days in northwest Louisiana, they’ve only had about a half inch of rain or 15-percent of their normal rainfall amount…