We’re learning new details about the man arrested for allegedly plotting a mass shooting at Jazz Fest. The Advocate is reporting that 45-year-old Christopher Gillum is a former law enforcement officer in North Carolina, and that his family reported that he was looking to shoot Black people and commit so-called “suicide by cop.”
The Louisiana House approves legislation that would allow public universities to keep private how they spend revenue share dollars with their athletes. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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Chalmette Representative Mike Bayham says he plans on bringing up his proposed constitutional amendment to limit governors to two lifetime terms to another vote next week. It got 67 votes yesterday, three short of the requisite 70 needed to advance. Current law states that governors are only limited to two *consecutive* terms. Bayham says, though, eight years is enough.
About 90-percent of the state is in a drought, with more than half now in extreme drought. State Climatologist Jay Grymes says everywhere you go, you can start to see the devastating effects.
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Grymes says this is the worst drought the state has experienced since 2023.