All of Louisiana’s 8 electors selected Donald Trump for president, and Mike Pence for vice president. Jeff Palermo reports…:
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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced settlements totaling 13-million dollars in lawsuits that were filed against the city for deadly police shootings that took place after Hurricane Katrina and a fatal beating that took place before the 2005 storm. At a news conference, the mayor also apologized to the victims’ families.
Governor John Bel Edwards traveled to St. Joseph today, after a public health emergency was declared in the small Tensas Parish town. Deputy Chief of Staff for the Governor’s Office, Julie Baxter Payer, says high levels of lead and copper were found in two water samples in St. Joe…:
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The state has brought bottled water into the community and announced plans for extensive testing of the public drinking water system.
An illegal immigrant from El Salvador, who was wanted for murder in the Latin American country. was taken into custody by a St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Deputy. Captain Daniel Seuzeneau says the process sending of sending 36-year-old Juan Sanchez-Roldan back to his native country started with a traffic stop…
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Seuzeneau says Sanchez-Roldan was living in Baton Rouge and was in St. Tammany for construction work.