A hearing will begin in a Baton Rouge courtroom next hour as the lawyers for Jesse Hoffman try to halt his execution that’s scheduled for tonight. Loyola of New Orleans University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says Hoffman’s attorneys are trying to make the case that using nitrogen gas to kill Hoffman, would interfere with his Buddhist breathing exercises…

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The state is seeking to execute Hoffman for the 1996 murder of Molly Elliot in St. Tammany Parish.

In Morgan City, 71-year-old Sheri Hite is facing animal cruelty charges after 22 cats were found dead in her home, 14 of them in a freezer. Morgan City Police Captain John Schaff says they can’t speak to Hite’s mental state, but that will come out during her trial…

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A new poll commissioned by Unite America shows a majority of Louisiana voters prefer an open primary system over a closed primary system. Sean Richardson has more.

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Governor Jeff Landry has signed an executive order that requires all state agencies and state boards and officers to refer to the body of water south of Louisiana as Gulf of America instead of Gulf of Mexico. On President Trump’s first day in office, he signed an executive order that directs the U-S Secretary of the Interior to rename the Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America