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…

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Jindal will be able to participate in a debate featuring secondary candidates Thursday afternoon.

Researchers have determined the size of the “Dead Zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is nearly 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…

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The dead zone is an area of low oxygen in the Gulf, where sea animals are unable to live.

An ACLU of Louisiana report on incarcerating the poor 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 in 1983 the US Supreme Court ruled that judges must hold hearings to determine someone’s ability to pay before assessing a fine…

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Esman says these practices hurt communities by separating children from their parents, costing people their jobs, and they lead to needless fear.