The Louisiana Supreme Court agrees with a lower court’s decision that tossed out the first-degree murder conviction against a West Monroe man who spent 27 years on Death Row.  Jimmie Duncan was accused of sexually assaulting a 23-month-old child who died in a bathtub. Evidence submitted during the post-conviction process discredited the sexual abuse evidence and that the child likely died from a seizure while in the tub.

President Trump’s endorsement was a key factor to Congresswoman Julia Letlow winning the Senate Republican Party primary. ULM political science professor Pearson Cross expects the president to remain involved…

Cut 12 (14) “…launched”

Governor Jeff Landry’s plan to use 168-million dollars in public school funding to make sure teachers continue to receive a two-thousand-dollar stipend will likely happen now that a Baton Rouge judge has lifted a temporary injunction against the plan. Judge Chip Moore dissolved his own order after ruling that the plantiffs in the case cannot use the law firm they hired, because that same law firm represents the state in a separate case.

Landry’s plan results in a four-percent reduction in funding for local school systems that would otherwise be spent on operational costs….

Cut 8 (04) “…that money”

That’s Education reporter Patrick Wall, who is covering the story for the Advocate and Nola-dot-com.

Another hot and dry day and there’s Saharan dust in the air. LSU health climatologist Barry Keim…

Cut 5 (12) “…very warm”