The four candidates running for Lt. Governor discussed how they would improve the film industry in the state at a forum hosted by the Baton Rouge Press Club. Republican Billy Nungesser says when many people see movies filmed in Louisiana, they’re drawn to visit so we need to make changes to the current film tax credit incentive program to keep filmmakers coming to the state.

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The primary election is in less than two weeks.

The Times-Picayune and NOLA.dot com endores Republican David Vitter for governor. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says this is a big deal for Vitter’s campaign, who is facing attacks from the three other candidates and supporting groups…

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NOLA’s editorial staff says Vitter is a committed, resolute chief executive that has a desire to govern and lead on many fronts.

The US Supreme Court will hear arguments today from the lawyers of an Angola inmate who is serving a life sentence for murdering a sheriff’s deputy as a teenager in 1963. In 2012, the US Supreme Court banned automatic life sentences for teens. Legal analyst Tim Meche says Louisiana prisoner Henry Montgomery wants the Supreme Court to make that ruling retroactive, so he has a chance at parole.

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When Montgomery was 17-years-old, he shot Deputy Charles Hurt to death while playing hooky from school.