Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson says she takes full responsibility for last Friday’s jailbreak, in which ten inmates escaped. However, she also deflected some of the blame, telling the New Orleans City Council that the city has not provided her office the necessary resources to properly operate the jail and prevent incidents like this.
Hutson has temporarily suspended her re-election campaign. But a growing number of state lawmakers, including Aimee Freeman, want her to end her bid altogether and step down immediately.
Cut 9 (10) “…from these criminals.”
State Police, meanwhile, have arrested two women for allegedly helping some of the escapees following the jailbreak.
If you like to hop on your cell phone and bet on your favorite team, it could soon cost you more money to do so. The legislature is poised to increase the tax rate for online sports betting from 15-percent to 21.5-percent. Piper Hutchinson with the Louisiana Illuminator says 25-percent of that added revenue would go to a new college sports fund.
Cut 13 (06) “…One athletic programs.”
The legislature is betting on that added revenue adding about two-million dollars to each Division One college’s athletic program.
Construction on the new 360-million-dollar Jimmie Davis Bridge along L-A 511 in Bossier and Caddo parishes has entered its second year. DOTD spokeswoman Erin Buchanan says work is also underway to realign and widen the roadway including a raised median to enhance traffic flow.
Cut 4 (08) “…things like that.”
The project is set to be completed in the middle of 2027.