Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins has filed an appeal of a local judge’s decision that he was disqualified from running for re-election this fall. A lawsuit filed by a Shreveport resident alleged Perkins did not live at the address he listed on qualifying papers, and the judge agreed. Perkins says he is not out of the race yet…:

CUT 09(08)      “…fight for our democracy.”

Perkins says polling shows him as a sure thing for re-election, and there are those who seek to block him from another term in office, by preventing supporters from voting for him.

New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter is a co-chair of a new Bipartisan Congressional Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Caucus. Carter says with natural disasters increasing all over the country, it’s time to hold federal agency heads more accountable…:

CUT 08(09)      “…major storm.”

The Louisiana Department of Education says public school students performed better on LEAP tests last school year. Jeff Palermo has the story…:

CUT 02(33)      “…Palermo.”

A Baton Rouge woman is under arrest after her 2-year-old overdosed on fentanyl and died. This happened in late June. The boy’s sister reportedly told deputies he (quote) ate mom’s pills. Whitney Ard is charged with negligent homicide.