During the governor’s monthly call-in radio show, John Bel Edwards weighed in on the 2023 governor’s race. Edwards called the latest entry into the race, the former leader of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry Stephen Waguespack, a good person, but they have profound policy disagreements. Edwards says L-A-B-I has been a staunch opponent of raising the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour….
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Edwards is supporting Democrat Shawn Wilson in the race for governor.

24-year-old Dillon James has been sentenced to eight years in prison, one of the years has been suspended, for beating up a 67-year-old newspaper delivery person at his grandfather’s home in Rosepine. James brother, Douglas Paul James of DeRidder received a smiliar sentence last October. Vernon Parish D-A Terry Lambright…
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The owner of Fat Daddy’s Crawfish in Shreveport has been killed in a home invasion that took place in Natchitoches Parish. 71-year-old Mark Hailey was found inside his home unresponsive late Tuesday night. The coroner says he died from apparent blunt and sharp-force trauma. Authorities say Hailey’s truck was also stolen, but recovered the next morning.

As part of the federal Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, Louisiana will issue $21 million in grants for schools to increase campus safety. Brooke Thorington explains.
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