A 15-year-old will be tried as an adult for his alleged involvement in Saturday’s shooting at a Mardi Gras parade in the small East Feliciana town of Clinton that injured 6 people. Sheriff Jeffrey Travis says it appears to be gang related…
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4 people so far have been arrested. Travis says the victims are all expected to survive, but one may never walk again.
The first attack ad is out in the U.S. Senate Republican Primary. A super PAC supporting incumbent Bill Cassidy has labeled Congresswoman Julia Letlow, “a liberal,” accusing her of voting with former President Joe Biden more than any of the other Republican members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation. Pearson Cross teaches political science at ULM.
Letlow responded to Louisiana Freedom Fund by saying it did not take long for Cassidy and his “never-Trumper, pro-impeachment” allies to begin attacking her.
The department of public safety and corrections is looking into a number of unexpected deaths at a prison facility in Iberville Parish. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Governor Landry wants to increase funding for LA GATOR, the program that provides state tax dollars for parents to use to pay for private school tuition, homeschool materials and other education expenses. It’s currently funded at 44 million dollars, but Landry’s budget proposal calls for 88 million dollars. Melinda Deslatte with the Public Affairs Research Council says LA GATOR’s rising price tag has some lawmakers concerned.