The Jennings Police Department is charging the mother of a ten-month old child that was left in a hot car for an hour and a half last week with second-degree murder and one count of cruelty to juveniles. Thirty-two-year-old Hannah Faith Cormier was arrested yesterday. Details on what led to the charges are expected to be discussed during a press conference today held by Jennings Police Chief Danny Semmes.

New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry and many other Democrats from Louisiana and across the country are in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention. Landry says she supported President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, but says she’s more hopeful about the current nominee Vice President Kamala Harris…
Cut 13 (10) “…polar opposite.”
During a campaign rally this past weekend in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump accused the vice president of being a communist and fascist.

Governor Jeff Landry is holding a press conference in the next hour to announce the launch of Gumbo 2.0 which will use one-point-three billion dollars in federal money to bring high-speed internet to areas still lacking it. Marksville Representative Daryl Deshotel has been a big proponent of such an effort…
cut 6 (05) “…close the digital divide”
Senator Bill Cassidy says GUMBO 2.0 will create 8,000 to 10,000 new jobs, increase the state’s GDP by $1.3 billion, and generate $2 to 3 billion in new revenue for Louisiana companies.

Marketwatch-dot-com has ranked Louisiana number one for the highest auto insurance rates in the country. Louisiana House Speaker Phillip DeVillier says…
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Devillier expects several meetings will take place this year to come up with an auto insurance reform agenda.