A federal grand jury has indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on public corruption charges. The superseding indictment alleges Cantrell and her former bodyguard, ex NOPD officer Jeffrey Vappie defrauded taxpayers out of 70-thousand dollars to hide their romantic relationship and maximize their time together. Acting US Attorney Michael Simpson…
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Cantrell is New Orleans first sitting mayor to be indicted.
A record low percentage of Americans currently drink alcohol; 54-percent according to a Gallop poll. LSU Health New Orleans physiology professor Nick Gilpin says it’s known that too much alcohol can impact a person’s liver, but we are learning that regular alcohol consumption can lead to other health problems…
Gilpen says the poll shows that younger adults are at the center of the decline in alcohol consumption.
Louisiana’s legislative district map violates the federal Voting Rights Act says a panel of judges on the U-S 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The plaintiffs in the case argue Blacks and Democrats are not fairly represented in the Louisiana Legislature. Political analyst Scott Hughes says one-third of the state’s voting population is black, but Republicans have a super majority control in the House and Senate…
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Hughes says the legislative map issue isn’t going to be resolved, until there is a U-S Supreme Court ruling regarding the state’s contested Congressional map scheduled to be reargued in October.
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 a Carencro man recently became a millionaire because of Powerball
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Tickets sales will stop at 9 PM on Saturday.