51 Louisiana death row prisoners file clemency petitions in the hopes Governor John Bel Edwards and the Board of Pardons will commute their death sentences to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Louisiana Capital Appeals Project director Cecelia Kappel is an attorney for several of the inmates who have filed clemency applications
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Earlier this year, Governor Edwards announced his opposition to the death penalty.

There was a desire heading into the legislative session to improve the state’s ailing property insurance market. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says legislation was approved that should help property owner…
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Donelon will hold a press conference this morning at 10:30 to discuss the Louisiana Fortified Homes Program, which will provide grants to homeowners to strengthen the roof of their home.

The LSU Baseball team leaves for Omaha this morning and fans are also gearing up for the team’s first trip to the College World Series since 2017….
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It will be hot today….highs will reach the mid to upper 90s in central Louisiana and southeast Louisiana is under a heat advisory as heat indicies could reach 110 degrees.