Louisiana has the lowest percentage of women lawmakers according to a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts. The report shows that only 12-percent of Louisiana legislators in 2015 were women. But in 2016, five more women will be serving at the state Capitol. UNO Political Science Professor Christine Day says that’s a good sign…:
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The national average of female participation in state legislatures was about 24-percent last year.

Republican Col. Rob Maness has filed a statement of candidacy for the open Louisiana senate seat being vacated by Senator David Vitter next year. Maness unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in 2014. He says the experience of people running and being elected these days is very limiting and he believes it’s his duty to provide leadership and expertise…:
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The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office says the man accused of killing his girlfriend then fleeing to Colorado has waived extradition. They say 27-year-old Miles Guidry allegedly murdered 26-year-old Clair Walley last month. Deputies say Guidry will be brought back to Lafayette in the next few days and booked with second degree murder.

A Calvary Baptist Academy teacher has been arrested for inappropriate conduct through online messaging with his student. State Police Trooper Matt Harris says 25-year-old Kyle Rutledge of Shreveport contacted the 16-year-old victim who then told her parents. He says investigators busted the teacher in the act…:
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He says Rutledge faces many charges. Harris says they take situations like these extremely serious and if convicted, Rutledge could face up to 70 years in prison and fined up to 75-thousand dollars.