The GOP front-runner in the governor’s race is officially in as Jeff Landry qualifies to have his name on the October 14th ballot.
Cut 1 (31) “….I’m Brooke Thorington.”

Republican Sharon Hewitt also qualified yesterday for governor and she’s upset the state Republican Party endorsed Landry months ago…
cut 30 (09) “….this election”
Qualifying wraps up today with Republicans Stephen Waguespack and Richard Nelson expected to qualify.

Federal, state and local officials break ground today in Belle Chasse on the long awaited Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. Executive assistant to the governor for coastal activities, Bren Haase, says this project uses the power of the Mississippi River to build and sustain thousands of acres of wetlands in the Barataria Basin…
Cut 7 (10) “…coastal wetlands.”
The project costs two-point-nine billion dollars.

Governor John Bel Edwards has directed the Louisiana Pardon Board to review the clemency applications from 56 death row inmates. Last month, the panel decided not to take them up, on the grounds they were not filed within a year after the inmates’ final appeal was denied. But Executive Director of the Capital Appeals Project, Cecelia Kappel says the board has heard cases outside of the one year window before…
Cut 13 (09) “…the constitution.”
No word on if or when the pardon board will review these cases.