Former Senate hopeful Paul Hollis has filed a lawsuit against Senator Mary Landrieu claiming she can’t represent Louisiana because she doesn’t live in the state. Hollis dropped out of the Senate race and threw his support to Republican Representative Bill Cassidy. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says this lawsuit has no impact on Hollis, himself…

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The US Constitution states that in order to qualify you have to be a registered voter in the state where you are running and an “inhabitant” of that state. The Secretary of State’s office says Landrieu is a registered Louisiana voter.

State health officials say they will comply with a ruling by a federal judge who says abortion doctors required to have hospital admitting privileges cannot be penalized during the application process. Center for Reproductive Rights Senior Council Janet Crepps says the law is medically unnecessary, harmful to women and they want to see it struck down in its entirety…

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But supporters of the measure say the law protects the health of women.

Louisiana State Police say a pedestrian who they believe had been drinking was struck and killed last night in LaFourche Parish. Trooper Evan Harrell says the victim, 26-year-old Jace Sevin of Lockport, was transported to St. Anne Hospital where he was pronounced dead from injuries he sustained after being run over. He says alcohol is suspected on the part of the victim…

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Harrell says alcohol is not suspected on the part of the driver, 18-year-old Jean Claude Pierre of Raceland.

The Division of Administration announces that in the first two months of the fiscal year, the newly created Office of Technology Services has already saved the state more than 5-million dollars. Asst. Director of Technology Services Neal Underwood says previously all executive branch departments had their own IT staffs and did their own purchasing. He says by putting all of this under one department, they can make larger purchases driving the cost down…

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He says they expect to save the state around 25-million dollars by the end of the fiscal year.