President Trump is expected to sign this morning a spending deal that will avert another government shutdown and it’s also expected he’ll declare a national emergency in order to get the necessary funding he wants for a southern border wall. Much of that money would reportedly come from Army Corps and/or FEMA disaster prevention and relief projects, a keen concern for hurricane prone Louisiana. Senator John Kennedy says he’s aware that’s a possibility…
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Thursday’s arrest of 9 frat members at LSU over allegations of hazing comes after the passage of the Maxwell Gruver Act that was put into place to combat the activity by handing out harsher punishments for future incidents. East Baton Rouge DA Hillar Moore credits the act for the allegations coming to light.
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Police records indicate the nine members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon beat and urinated on pledges.

The state Ethics Board meets today to reconsider a previous ruling that said a female candidate for a state House seat in Baton Rouge can’t use campaign funds on child care expenses when the candidate is attending events related to the campaign. In 2000, the board said it was okay to do that. While the Ethics Board is not elected, UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says if any of the members were to run for public office, any vote against permitting funds for that purpose would be used against them, more so if their opponent is a mom.
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Governor Edwards has encouraged the Ethics Board to allow campaign money to be used on child care costs.