Three statewide races will be decided Saturday in the run-off for Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Treasurer. After a voter turnout of only 36 percent in the October primary, political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says it could be even lower for the runoff. He says Republicans are favored to win all three…
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Pinsonat is expecting a turnout in the teens for the November run-off.
Saturday also marks the start of the click it or ticket campaign as the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission provides local law enforcement agencies with grant dollars so more officers can check to see if motorists are buckled up. Commission spokesperson Greg Fischer says their latest observational survey found fewer than 15-percent of people in Louisiana go unbuckled…
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Along with the fentanyl crisis, there’s a growing number of overdoses linked to nitazines. Brooke Thorington has more on this deadly synthetic opioid.
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State Police has taken over as the lead agency into the investigation of this week’s deadly stabbing attack on the Louisiana Tech campus. L-S-P is asking anyone with information or pictures and video to share that information with L-S-P investigators. You can call the L-S-P Fusion Center Hotline.