Governor Bobby Jindal will not be one of the ten republican presidential candidates who will appear in a primetime debate on national TV Thursday night. Jeff Palermo has the story….
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The ACLU of Louisiana releases a report which shows it’s a common practice here to jail people who are too poor to pay a fine. Michelle Southern reports…:
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Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office arrests a man in the brutal rape of a convenience store clerk in Sulphur. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Researchers have determined the size of the “Dead Zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is nearly 17-thousand square kilometers, which is the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium executive director Nancy Rabalais says the dead zone is bigger than anticipated, because more fresh water and nutrients flowed out of the Mississippi River basin than anticipated…
The dead zone is an area of low oxygen in the Gulf, where sea animals are unable to live. She says it’s 28-percent larger than in 2014….
Rabalais says in order to reduce the size of the dead zone, more needs to be done by farmers to reduce the amount of nutrients that’s running off their fields into the Mississippi River and then into the Gulf
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The ACLU of Louisiana has released a report on incarcerating the poor and it indicates there’s a common, unlawful practice of jailing people who don’t have enough money to pay court-ordered fines. Executive Director Marjorie Esman says this practice often sends financially stressed individuals into a downward cycle of incarceration…:
Esman says people who can afford the fines assessed against them don’t run the risk of incarceration, but those who can’t are routinely jailed because they lack the resources. She says in 1983 the US Supreme Court ruled that judges must hold hearings to determine someone’s ability to pay before assessing a fine…:
Esman says these practices hurt communities by separating children from their parents, costing working people their jobs and they lead to needless fear. She says by bringing the report to light she hopes that courts will learn what the law is and also realize the jailing people because they are poor is counter-productive…:
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The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office arrests a 26-year-old man who allegedly locked up a convenience store clerk in Sulphur and raped her in a storage room. Spokesperson Kim Myers says James Domingue of Sulphur entered the business and locked the door unbeknownst to the clerk, then lured her to the back of the store pretending to search for an item.
Myers says the woman tried to resist bit was unable to get away, then Domingue knocked her to the ground and raped her. She says Domingue made the clerk give him goods from the store and then let himself out.
Myers says Domingue was arrested on charges of rape, kidnapping and false imprisonment. She says this seems to be a random act from Domingue, who has a criminal background.
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Governor Bobby Jindal misses the cut as he will not participate in the first first formal Republican Presidential debate. Jindal did not poll well enough in recent national surveys to be among the ten candidates who will square off tomorrow night on Fox News. ULM political science professor Joshua Stockley says missing this debate is a blow to the Jindal presidential campaign…
Jindal and the other GOP candidates who did not finish in the top ten in national polling, will be able to participate debate featuring secondary candidates that will take place on Thursday afternoon. Stockley says while missing the primetime debate is a blow to Jindal’s chances in gaining the republican nomination, its still early
National polls have the Louisiana governor only getting one to two percent of the vote. Jindal recently made the cover of the Boston Herald for saying sanctuary city mayors should be arrested. Stockley says Jindal may need to change his campaign strategy
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The LSU football team reports for fall camp today looking to improve on an eight-win season from a year ago. Tiger Rag Associate Editor James Moran says quarterback is once again a question mark for the Tigers, but whether it’s Anthony Jennings or Brandon Harris, the offense should be better than last year..
Moran also expects LSU’s defense to be very good this year, even though John Chavis is no longer the defensive coordinator…
Moran believes LSU can win at least ten games this year…