The closed party U.S. Senate runoff elections aren’t until June 27th, but Secretary of State Nancy Landry says there’s an important deadline tomorrow.
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Those changes could potentially include party affiliation, which is the only way one could cast the opposite party’s ballot in the runoff than the one cast in the May 16th primary.
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith is arrested for allegedly attacking a man at a Madisonville restaurant without provocation. Police say Smith had been drinking, and Metropolitan Crime Commission President Rafael Goyeneche says Smith’s conduct would corroborate that.
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Smith issued an apology in a statement, saying he will address his actions through the legal process.
A bill known as the “Streets to Success Act” is awaiting Governor Landry’s signature. The legislation attempts to address homelessness in the state, but Louisiana Advocacy Coalition on Homelessness Coordinator Joe Heeren-Mueller says the bill misses the mark. It establishes a new crime of unauthorized public camping.
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The 76th Louisiana Peach Festival is this weekend in Ruston. Experience Ruston President Tori Davis says festivities have already started throughout the week, and the peach parade kicks off the weekend tonight at 6:00. The real spectacle, though, begins tomorrow.