Louisiana said goodbye to former Governor Kathleen Blanco in Baton Rouge today.
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Following the service, Blanco will lie in state at the Capitol rotunda until 6PM.
The ACLU sues the Ascension Parish Sheriff, accusing the department of detaining a US Citizen for four days for immigration review because he was Hispanic. In August of 2018 Ramon Torres was arrested on a DUI charge. Legal Director Katie Schwartzmann says Torres owned a home and worked in Baton Rouge and had several items on him at the time of his arrest that demonstrated his citizenship.
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Sheriff Bobby Webre responded saying “I dispute these press claims by ACLU lawyers and will offer a rigorous defense in court.”
The state’s most powerful business lobby, The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, endorses both Republican contenders in the Governor’s race. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat says getting a LABI endorsement doesn’t necessarily directly influence many voters, but it does open a lot of fundraising floodgates for a pro-business candidate.