Lawmakers failed to pass a congressional map with two Black majority districts despite a June 20th court-ordered deadline. Brooke Thorington has more…:
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You may have noticed gas prices dropping a small amount. The statewide average price of regular is now at $4.54; down a penny from Thursday, but still 28-cents more than a month ago. Experts say we can expect prices like this through the summer at least.
Governor John Bel Edwards says he intends to sign into law a replacement for Louisiana’s so-called “trigger law” that bans all abortions, should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn “Roe versus Wade.” On his monthly radio program, the governor says the law passed under Governor Kathleen Blanco has no exceptions for cases of rape, incest, or any other mitigating factor. He says Senate Bill 342 does have some…:
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Edwards says it’s better to sign a bill with a few exceptions than to veto it and have none whatsoever, should the federal High Court’s ruling on “Roe” ever be reversed.
A murder in Natchitoches resulted in a police chase of the suspect; all the way into Rapides Parish, where the suspect crashed his vehicle. Authorities say a 24-year-old North Carolina man shot the victim, abducted his girlfriend and ran. The woman escaped the car in Alexandria, but the officers chased the man to Glenmora, where he ran off the road. He was found with a self-inflicted gunshot and is currently in the hospital. He’ll be jailed once released.