Today marks the three-year anniversary of Ronald Greene’s death. Still no charges against the State Troopers who were seen on body camera video beating Greene before he died. Kevin Gallagher has more…
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Today is the funeral services for East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputy Nick Tullier, who died last week after he was shot multiple times six years ago during an ambush on law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge. Governor John Bel Edwards is one of the scheduled speakers.

The state Supreme Court will hear arguments today about whether those who were convicted by a non-unanimous jury verdict deserve a new trial. In 2018, voters passed a Constitutional Amendment ending convictions with as many as two jurors voting no. Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino says in 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that convictions must be unanimous, but did not call for new trials.…:
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Meanwhile at the state capitol lawmakers, have been given an additional 454 million dollars that can be spent over the next 14 months. The governor’s office says some of the funds should go towards a new Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne…
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The Edwards administration is pushing for 500-million dollars for a new Mississippi River Bridge, but state lawmakers have yet to agree on that type of allocation.