A bill to repeal the state statute that allows for financially compensating people who served time in prison for crimes that they did not commit heads to the full house. The vote in the House Criminal Justice Committee was 7-to-4. Meredith Angelson testified against it, saying most wrongfully convicted people aren’t being fully compensated right now as it is.
About 200-thousand people are expected at the Vatican tomorrow for the funeral of Pope Francis. The funeral service will be held at Saint Peter’s Square, and he will be buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. Bishop Michael Duca of the Diocese of Baton Rouge got to meet Pope Francis in 2019 and says the pontiff was genuine.
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LSU will open a new instructional site in Baton Rouge for its top-ranked Bachelor of Science in Nursing program to help address Louisiana’s critical nursing shortage. Sean Richardson has more.
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Heavy rains have caused flooding in some areas, and one company is stepping up to help those affected. The two U-Haul stores in Lafayette are offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-box container usage for those impacted. The U-Box offer is for on-site storage at company centers.