A year from today, candidates seeking to become Louisiana’s next governor will have a chance to qualify for that race. Republicans, Lt Governor Jay Dardenne and US Senator David Vitter, are planning to run and so far the only announced democrat is state representative John Bel Edwards. UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says if the Amite lawmaker gets a lot of support, it would put him in a runoff with Vitter…
cut 8 (10) “….decides to run”
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s name has also been mentioned as a candidate.

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has until noon today to report to federal prison and begin serving a ten-year sentence on corruption charges. Loyola University Criminal Justice Professor Robert English….
cut 4 (08) “….at Texarkana”

Suppporters of gay marriage in Louisiana have filed an appeal with the US Fifth Circuit of Appeals regarding the ruling last week by federal judge Martin Feldman who upheld Louisiana’s ban on same sex marriages. But Tulane constitutional law professor Keith Werhan says the US Supreme Court will likely rule on this issue, before the federal appeals court in New Orleans has a chance……
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Werhan says when the nation’s high court makes a ruling, it will put to rest the argument over whether states have the right to define what constitutes a marriage.