Starting August 1st, prisons, jails and other correctional facilities will be required to immediately notify the public whenever a violent inmate is inadvertently let out. That’s due to a new law Governor Landry signed last month that was authored by New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry, who said there had been several instances when it took hours for these facilities to issue bulletins about escaped inmates.
While it was not an inadvertent release, Landry was prompted to author the bill by last year’s jailbreak at the Orleans Parish Jail, in which the public wasn’t notified until about ten hours after ten inmates broke free.
Secretary of State Nancy Landry says they need more election commissioners. Landry says if you are looking for some extra cash and interested in working at a voting precinct on election day, you can apply at your parish Clerk of Court’s office. Landry says there are some requirements in order to be a poll commissioner…
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More information is on the Secretary of State’s website.
Louisiana ranks 48th for child well-being in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2026 Kids Count Data Book. But it’s not all bad news. Chief Data and Impact Officer at the Agenda For Children, Teresa Falgoust, says Louisiana ranks 35th in education and it’s score in the area of education improved by more than any other state…
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The state department of education announced today that literacy screener results showed a 16.5 percentage-point increase in students reading on or above grade level from the beginning to the end of the school year.
Thirty years ago today, one of the greatest moments in College World Series history took place when Warren Morris hit a home run over the right field wall to give LSU a 9-8 win over Miami to win the national championship in 1996….
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The walk-off home run is still the only one in the College World Series Championship game.