A panel of judges on the U-S 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Louisiana’s legislative district map violates the federal Voting Rights Act. Political analyst Scott Hughes says the panel and a state judge in Baton Rouge both agree that the map approved in 2022 dilutes the Black vote…
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A federal appeals judge not involved in Thursday’s ruling put a pause on the case. Hughes says the legislative map issue was not going to be resolved, until there is a U-S Supreme Court ruling regarding the state’s contested Congressional map…
Authorities are asking for help in finding a non-verbal 12-year-old boy who went missing from his New Orleans home Thursday morning. State Police have issued a Level II Endangered/Missing Child Advisory for Bryan Vasquez on behalf of NOPD. Vasquez who suffers from a neurodevelopmental condition is a 5-foot 1-inch Hispanic male with brown eyes and black hair and weighs between 86 and 100 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to call NOPD at 504-658-6070.
A new Gallup poll finds only 54-percent of Americans consume alcohol that’s the lowest percentage in the 90-year history of the survey. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Powerball sales are expected to be brisk for Saturday night’s drawing. The jackpot is up to 565-million dollars. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Chrislyn Maher (Mayor) says the jackpot has been growing since early June. And the last time a Louisiana resident won the Powerball grand prize was 2018, but Maher says a Carencro man recently became a millionaire because of Powerball
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Tickets sales will stop at 9 PM on Saturday.