A hearing gets underway at this hour that pits Governor Edwards against House Republican lawmakers. GOP legislators say a petition they signed last month cancels the governor’s public health emergency order, but Edwards is asking a judge to declare the petition null and void. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says previous legal attacks on the governor’s orders focused on the constitutionality of the public health restrictions…
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State Police is warning the public about a telephone scam where the caller operates under the guise of a State Police investigator and demands money or gift cards in lieu of arresting the individual. Trooper Monroe Dillon says the phone calls are fictitious and in no way reflect L-S-P’s practices or procedures…
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Parents of special needs children now have the right to visit them in intermediate care facilities during public health emergencies. Brooke Thorington explains.
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The family of a Baldwin teenager who was found dead in a sugarcane field is still seeking answers from the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s office on what happened to Quawan Bobby Charles. No arrests have been made in the case and the grieving family is seeking justice. Charles was found dead last Tuesday, four days after he was reported missing.