None of the maps that are advancing in the redistricting session increase the number of majority-minority districts, which Governor John Bel Edwards calls problematic….
cut 1 (31) “….I’m Brooke Thorington”

Third Judicial District Attorney John Belton met with the Legislative Black Caucus yesterday to provide an update on the Ronald Greene case. Afterward, Belton told the USA Today Network that he believes the Troopers who arrested Greene committed a crime, but he’s letting the U-S Justice Department to pursue the case because they have more resources.

After serving nearly 45 years in prison, Vincent Simmons is a free man. Simmons, who is Black, was convicted of the attempted aggravated rape of 14-year-old white twin sisters in 1977. Avoyelles Parish District Attorney Charles Riddle says Simmons was granted his release from Angola after a judge declared he should have a new trial…
Cut 10 (7) “…constitutional issue.”
The women who accused Simmons of the crime say he’s still guilty.

District 4 Louisiana U.S. Congressman Mike Johnson proposes to permanently make illicit Fentanyl a Schedule I controlled substance. Johnson says Congress temporarily classifies fentanyl as a Schedule One narcotic multiple times each year and that’s counter-productive…:
Cut 7 (09) “…in America now.”
Johnson says to reverse the fentanyl crisis, a full-court press is needed.