Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser is urging the legislature to scrap the closed primaries and go back to open primaries. California, Washington and Alaska are the only states in which all candidates of all parties appear on the same ballot for federal races. Nungesser says if all states followed their lead, the rhetoric would be toned down considerably on Capitol Hill.
Authorities are investigating the mysterious death of a young woman from Wisconsin who was found dead on the I-10 Twin Spans in an apparent hit-and-run. St. Tammany Parish Coroner Christopher Tape says Edashia Caraway was in New Orleans for the NBA Youngboy concert.
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The group Agenda for Children says the poverty rate among children in Louisiana is currently the highest in the nation at 19-percent. Data and Research Director Teresa Falgoust (FAAL-goo) says living in poverty will often lead to other adverse effects for kids as they get older, so it’s very important that the cycle be broken.
The Louisiana Tech football team rallied back from down 13 at halftime, but they couldn’t finish the job as they lost to Western Kentucky, 28-27 in double overtime. The Bulldogs have lost two in a row, but defensive back Cedric Woods from Monroe says adversity will only make them stronger.
Tech is now 4-3 overall and 2-2 in Conference USA.