Former New Orleans Mayor Ran Nagin has until noon to report to a federal prison in Texarkanas. That’s where he’ll serve a ten-year sentence on charges of bribery, money laundering and tax evasion. Loyola University Criminal Justice Professor Robert English says the Bureau of Prisons decided to send Nagin to the Texas facility…
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The Texasarkana facility is closer to Nagin’s Dallas area home.

Supporters of gay marriage have filed an appeal against a ruling last week by a US District Judge that upheld the state’s ban on same-sex marriages. Tulane Constitutional law professor Keith Werhan anticipates a ruling from the US Supreme Court, before the federal appeals court makes a decision on the Louisiana case…
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The California legislature approved a bill that would more than triple the funding for their film and TV tax credit program. What impact will this have on “Hollywood South”? Eric Gill reports…
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An inmate who escaped the Lafourche Parish jail last night is back in custody. Authorities say 26-year-old Jason Dempster fled prison for a few hours while serving a 90-day sentence for failure to pay child support.