Nine down, one to go. The search continues for the last remaining fugitive from the Orleans Parish jailbreak. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Governor Jeff Landry signed multiple bills into law today to combat Louisiana’s ongoing insurance crisis. Sean Richardson has more.
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One Orleans Parish Jail escapee from six weeks ago remains on the loose. 27-year-old convicted murderer Derrick Groves is the last one still at large following Friday’s capture of Antoine Massey. New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick has a blunt message for Groves.
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State Police Superintendent Colonel Robert Hodges says the 50-thousand-dollar reward for information leading to Groves’ capture is still on the table.
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Groves was among ten inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Jail during the early morning hours of May 16th. Sheriff Susan Hutson says work is ongoing to harden and modernize the jail so that something like this does not happen again.
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Governor Jeff Landry sat at his desk today and signed a number of bills to address Louisiana’s insurance crisis. Landry signed SB 61 that forces insurance companies to tell customers if they are raising rates based on credit scores.
Landry says, finally, Louisiana was able to pass a distracted driver bill, saying that it’s one of the biggest things that it could do to lower premiums.
Landry vetoed a medical transparency bill last year that he says even though it was worked on by both sides, it was ultimately a bad bill and says they can do better.
Landry says all these bills are for the people of Louisiana that should drive down insurance rates.
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Recent polls show that voters are largely unhappy with Governor Landry and the legislature. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat says voters are particularly turned off by the bickering between Landry and Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple, especially since they’re both from the same political party.
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Pinsonat says he conducted a poll just prior to the start of this year’s legislative session, and he found that the number of people who felt that the state was going in the right direction was rather low.
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Pinsonat says what’s especially telling is that the discontent with Republican legislators is coming from within their own party.
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A new king of Louisiana seafood is crowned.
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Karlos Knott’s winning entry was a Roman-style pizza with butter poached Louisiana shrimp.
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After being crowned the winner, Knott said seafood has been a big part of his life.
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As the newly anointed King of Louisiana Seafood, Knott will serve as a Louisiana ambassador for seafood for the next year, and he will represent Louisiana in the 21st annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans on August 2nd.