A new report indicates abortions in the US have dropped to the lowest level since 1974, and Louisiana saw an 18-percent decline between 2011 and 2014. Guttmacher Institute researcher Rachel Jones says women are using better birth control methods, and other states have reduced access to abortions…:
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She says in Louisiana, 29 percent of clinics closed during the study period.

State House Republican leaders say it would be a bad idea to use the Rainy Day Fund to reduce the state’s 313 million dollar mid-year budget deficit. Alexandria Representative Lance Harris says the state has to stop dipping into the Rainy Day Fund every time it has budget troubles…:
Cut 6 (07) “problem”

But Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says using the Rainy Day fund is necessary to soften cuts critical services like higher education and healthcare…:

 
A 37-year-old Chauvin man has turned himself into State Police for allegedly hitting a man on LA 56 in Terrebonne Parish just after midnight. Trooper Jesse LaGrange says Christopher Little saw the press release put out this morning looking for the driver of a Chrysler 300, responsible for the fatal hit and run of 39-year-old Taylor Thibodeaux.
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Little has been charged with felony hit and run driving and improper lane usage.

A fiery crash in Vernon Parish has claimed the lives of three people. State Trooper Scott Moreau says early this morning troopers responded to a crash where the driver apparently veered off the road and hit several trees. He says the occupants were pronounced dead at the scene and they are not yet releasing the identity of the victims.
Cut 14 (09) “pending as well”