Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is seeking to reinstate the death sentence of a convicted killer who fatally shot an LSU student in 1992. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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State Police are investigating a trooper involved shooting that happened in Lafourche Parish yesterday afternoon. Investigators say it all began with an attempted traffic stop that led to a pursuit that ended on a dead-end road in Houma. We’re told that’s when a passenger exited the vehicle, was shot by the trooper and pronounced dead at the scene. Officials say the suspect driver then fled again…put was apprehended when the pursuit ended in a crash a short time later.
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When it comes to budgeting money, Louisianans apparently aren’t that good at it. That’s according to a new study by WalletHub, which ranks Louisiana as the second worst state in the country in money budgeting, ranking ahead of only Mississippi. Analyst Chris Lupo says you can blame that in part on Louisiana’s relatively low median income.
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The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury has received an update on the new 2.3-billion-dollar Lake Charles I-10 bridge project. Project spokesman Johnathan Hill says that it’s currently in the design phase and is prepping for construction, which will start early next year.
The new Lake Charles I-10 bridge will take several years to construct, but Hill says that it is expected to be ready for use by 2030.