A state judge in Baton Rouge has ruled against Governor John Bel Edwards and his attempt to get Attorney General Jeff Landry to sign off on state contracts that contain language to protect against LGBT discrimination in the workplace. Judge Don Johnson threw the case out and the governor’s legal team is reportedly looking at their options now.

Louisiana’s high school graduation rate has hit a new high, as has the overall US rate. Michelle Southern reports on today’s numbers released by the White House….
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A survey from the American Farm Bureau finds food prices at the grocery store are down from last year. Steak prices are down 11-percent and chicken breast costs have dropped 16-percent. Louisiana Farm Bureau specialist Neil Melancon says there was a spike meat prices a few years ago, because demand outweighed supply, but that supply has been rebuilt.
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Prices for eggs have plummeted a whopping 51-percent, and whole milk is down 10-percent.

Chairman of the Public Service Commission and former Congressman Clyde Holloway of Forrest Hill has passed away at the age of 72. Chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party Roger Villere says Holloway was one of the founders of the conservative movement in the state…:
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Holloway was on the PSC from 2009 and served in the US House from 1987-93.