Louisiana is close to bringing a SpaceX launch facility to 130-thousand acres of land in coastal Vermilion Parish. Stephanie Riegel, the Business Editor for the Times-Picayune, points out the proposed site neighbors two wildlife conservation areas, and many locals frequent the region to hunt and fish.
Cut 11 (11) “…hunting and fishing.”
A suspect is injured in an officer-involved shooting in Tangipahoa Parish this morning. It started when a deputy in neighboring Livingston Parish tried pulling the driver over in Albany. Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard says the driver drove off.
The deputy tried to use his Taser, but he fought the Taser and turned it on the deputy, and that’s when he shot the suspect.
Attorney General Liz Murrill says Louisiana will join Florida and Alabama in investigating whether Dr. Anthony Fauci lied about things related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the need for masks and distancing. Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino notes that Murrill typically does not have the authority to initiate a prosecution.
Cut 4 (10) “…to bring prosecutions.”
Furthermore, Ciolino says convicting Fauci would be a very tall task.
Murrill, meanwhile, remains the subject of a recall effort, along with Governor Landry. This, despite the fact that organizers fell extremely short in their quest to get their recall of East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sid Edwards on the ballot. LSU political science professor Robert Hogan says even launching the efforts is mission accomplished for the organizers.