One person is dead and eleven others are wounded as a result of a mass shooting last night in the New Orleans Warehouse district. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Governor Jeff Landry has released the names of the people he plans to nominate as delegates to a proposed constitutional convention this year. Jeanne Burns has more on the story…
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An arrest has been made and the identities of two of the three victims from a triple homicide in Lafayette have been released. LPD Sgt Robin Green says police discovered the three bodies after family members of 45-year-old Brandon Touchet (two-chet) asked for a welfare check, he was found deceased inside his apartment Friday evening.
42-year-old Chad Credeur (crater) of Duson has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
Green says at the time the bodies were discovered they received a call from authorities in Jeff Davis Parish where Credeur was arrested on unrelated charges.
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As for when the shooting occurred, is also under investigation, and Green says police spoke with residents of the apartment complex in the 700 block of College Road Friday night. They are asking for the public’s help…
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Credeur is being held in Jeff Davis parish on unrelated charges.
(Victims: 45-year-old Brandon Touchet and 49-year-old Eric Green both of Lafayette, third victim is a yet-to-be-identified female)
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Governor Jeff Landry was in West Feliciana Parish and Slidell today. Two areas hit by tornadoes last Wednesday. Landry expects the state will issue emergency declarations soon so that the state can help in the cost to clean up debris…
Landry says state officials are still assessing the damage to determine if the tornado outbreak last week caused enough damage to qualify for federal assistance. The governor thanked the power utility companies for getting the power back on quickly and he also thanked the faith based community in helping with the recovery…
Landry viewed the destruction in Slidell from the air and then on the ground near Old Spanish Trail. That’s where an EF two tornado caused a considerable amount of damage. Slidell Mayor Greg Cromer says an apartment complex was destroyed and they are making sure the residents of the complex have a place to stay…
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The House Ways and Means Committee takes no action on a bill that calls for Louisiana to repeal the state income tax in 2026. Columbia Representative Neil Riser says for over a decade there’s been talk about eliminating the state income tax and his bill would commit the state to doing it
Repealing the state income tax would result in an annual five-billion dollar revenue loss. Riser recommends eliminating dozens of different state tax credits to offset the revenue loss. House Ways and Means Chairperson Julie Emerson supports repealing the state income tax, but let’s make this a priority for the legislature next year…
No vote was taken on Riser’s bill. Chris Alexander with the Louisiana Citizens Advocacy Group spoke in favor of the bill