President Joe Biden will meet former President Donald Trump for the first presidential debate of 2024 tonight at 8 on CNN. Mel Bridges explains what that means.
Cut 2 (31) “…I’m Mel Bridges.”
The man accused of killing a Loranger woman and her four-year-old daughter is now listed as an inmate in the Plaquemines Parish Detention Center. Daniel Callihan had been held in Mississippi since his arrest June 13th. The Plaquemines Parish Detention Center is one of three jails that hold inmates for New Orleans federal court. Callihan has already been charged in Mississippi and Tangipahoa Parish.
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Governor Jeff Landry vetoed a bill that would have given his office the ability to pardon certain first-time convicted marijuana possession offenders without the recommendation of the pardon board. New Orleans Representative Delisha Boyd says the veto letter explanation that her bill was soft on crime doesn’t make sense.
Cut 10 (11) “…a second chance.”
Data from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics shows Louisiana’s unemployment rate decreased for the month of May to 4.1%. Louisiana Workforce Commission Director of Research and Economic Analysis Emily Epps says there were 86 thousand individuals unemployed last month, and the state is recording over 100 thousand vacant jobs, which will likely remain unfilled.