It’s off again — for now. The execution of Jessie Hoffman is once again put on hold. This time, it’s 19th Judicial District Court Judge Chip Moore who issued a temporary restraining order halting Jessie Hoffman’s execution pending a hearing at 9:30 this morning. Loyola University New Orleans College of Law professor Dane Ciolino says such last-minute legal maneuvering by the defense is not unusual.

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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill believes Hoffman will be executed tonight by nitrogen hypoxia as he has exhausted all of his state and federal post conviction remedies.

A new statewide poll conducted by JMC Analytics and paid for by Unite America has found Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approve of an open primary voting system and only 34-percent are aware that next year’s Congressional elections will be a closed party primary. JMC Analytics Pollster John Couvillon says that means the primary will take place in the spring, instead of the fall…

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A Morgan City woman was arrested for animal cruelty after police found several dead cats inside her home. Colleen Crain has more.

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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says a deer harvested by a hunter in Catahoula Parish had chronic wasting disease. This is the first CWD confirmed positive in a wild deer outside of Tensas Parish. CWD was first detected in Louisiana in 2022 and there have been 34 detections in Louisiana since that time. LDWF will release a CWD response plan for this area soon.