Today marks the five-year anniversary of when Governor Edward’s Criminal Justice Reform and Justice Reinvestment legislation went into effect. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Governor Edwards will spend today in Monroe. The governor will be on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Biomedical Research and Innovation Park at ULM. Edwards will also speak at a Monroe Chamber of Commerce event at noon and then head over to the Cooley House to celebrate its selection as the National Park Service Save America’s Treasures grant recipient.

Today is the final day of early voting for the November 8th election and according to John Couvillon of JMC Analytics, the percentage of early voters who are black is 24-percent, which is a sign Black voters and registered Democrats are not energized for this election…
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Couvillon says when the black early vote slips below 25 percent, Republicans generally win substantially.

The LHSAA will allow Bogalusa High School to host a football game this Friday after originally saying it would have to be moved because of a fatal shooting outside of the stadium during their October 14th homecoming game. Bogalusa Mayor Wendy Perrette says they’ve assured all the schools in their district of a security plan that would prevent gun violence.
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Bogalusa will host Albany this Friday in the regular season finale.