Death row convicts can no longer drag out their appeals for decades, thanks to a new law that went into effect last Friday. Slidell Republican Representative Brian Glorioso authored House Bill 675, and says under the old law, death row convicts and their attorneys were incentivized to delay the proceedings for as long as possible, forcing the families’ victims to wait until final justice is served.
Glorioso says the convict is still afforded due process, including the ability to get DNA testing.
President Trump’s 25-percent tariff on shrimp imports from India is getting praise from the Southern Shrimp Alliance. Board member Cheri Blanchard of Houma says shrimp exporters from India, Indonesia and Vietnam, do not abide by the same rules as domestic shrimpers, and that makes imported shrimp much less healthy.
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The search is on for a new athletics director at ULM after John Harwell suddenly resigns after 18 months on the job. Andre Champagne (SHOM-pine) has the story…
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Plans for wind farms off in Federal Waters off the Louisiana Coast are off after the announcement by the Trump administration. There are currently three operating wind farms off the eastern coast and four more projects under construction off the Northeastern coast. Executive director of the LSU Center for Energy Studies Greg Upton expects those projects to continue.