A special state grand jury has indicted former state health secretary Bruce Greenstein on nine counts of perjury. The indictment accuses Greenstein of lying about his involvement in the award of a now-cancelled state government contract of nearly $200 million. The perjury allegations are tied to sworn testimony before a state Senate confirmation hearing and at a grand jury investigation of that contract. Greenstein’s lawyer says his client did not lie and will plead not guilty.

The state’s highest Democratic elected official has declined to endorse former Governor Edwin Edwards in his bid for the 6th Congressional District seat. Senator Mary Landrieu said she thinks the 86-year-old has been very energetic and would get a good vote. Landrieu was asked if her comments meant she supported Edwards and she didn’t say yes or no…

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The Louisiana Democratic Party has endorsed Edwards in the 6th District race.

A new state funded feasibility study found that tolls could pay for up to 50 percent of the $3 billion dollars it would take to complete I-49 South from Lafayette to New Orleans. Franklin Senator Bret Allain is one of the founders of the I-49 South Coalition which is pushing to make the project a reality. He’s disappointed the study didn’t show tolls would pay for a bigger portion of I-49 South…

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The study looked at tolls starting at 18 cents a mile.

Temperatures dropped into the mid-50s for many areas of the state this morning on the first full day of Fall. Andrew Ansorge, with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says enjoy it while you can as high temperatures will return to the upper 80s on Thursday….

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Ansorge says a cold front pushed through the state yesterday, bringing us fall like weather on this first full day of Autumn.