On his monthly radio call-in show, Governor Edwards discussed the clemency applications from death row inmates that will be reviewed by the Louisiana Pardon Board. The board originally rejected to hear the 56 cases on the grounds, they weren’t filed within a year of their final appeal being denied, but Edwards directed the panel to do so anyway. So far 20 of the cases have been scheduled for review.
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Hearing dates have been set between October 13th and November 27th.

Research from LSU demographer Tim Slack finds that three in four Louisiana parishes saw more deaths than births between 2020 and 2022. Slack says the state had the fifth-highest overall death rate during that time period, with only 414 more births than deaths…
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A second consecutive morning with lower humidity, but a lack of rainfall is presenting problems. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The National Hurricane Center says there’s a low chance of a tropical wave developing in the central or western Gulf of Mexico early next week.