This week Governor John Bel Edwards announced a plan to move juvenille inmates from the Bridge City Center for the Youth in Jefferson Parish to the Angola state prison in West Feliciana Parish. The plan is receiving criticism. Loyola University professor of law Hector Linares suggests moving the least violent detainees to lower-security facilities…
cut 5 (10) “…higher needs youth”
The Bridge City Center for Youth has been hampered by jail breaks and fights involving inmates.

The media pick LSU to finish fifth in the SEC West, considered the toughest division in all of college football. Tiger Rag Editor Tim Buckley says LSU’s ranking is the result of not having an established starter at quarterback, the offensive line is inexperienced, unproven running backs and only one established player at wide receiver…..
Cut 10 (08) “…preseason teams”

Congresswoman Julia Letlow will face opposition in November as she seeks re-election to her second term in the 5th Congressional District. Brooke Thorington has more.
Cut 2 (34) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

Louisiana ranks number one for highest sales taxes in the country. The average combined state and local sales tax rate is 9.55-percent. The Tax Foundation’s Janelle Fritts says when sales taxes are high, they are burdensome…:
CUT 29 (06) “…state lines.”