A new report from LSU’s Institute for Public Health and Justice suggests that Louisiana should increase the age for adult imprisonment. The study recommends that 17-year-olds should be treated as juveniles instead of adults after they are arrested. Lead author, Professor Stephen Phillippi (Philip-ee)…:
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The report discovered that 17-year-olds sent to adult prison are more likely to to commit more crimes when they are released.

Governor John Bel Edwards announces they will continue to have “an elevated presence” of state troopers patroling New Orleans historic French Quarter. State Police Superintendent, Colonel Mike Edmonson, says a sales tax approved by French Quarter residents last October provides the funding to keep more troopers in the Big Easy…:
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Edmonson says they are also bringing in an additional 170 troopers for the big Mardi Gras festivities this weekend.

New York real estate heir Robert Durst pleads guilty to a weapons charge today in New Orleans federal court. Durst was arrested at a hotel on Canal Street in March 2015 when, during a search by the FBI fearing he was about to leave the country, a .38 caliber revolver was found which is illegal for a convicted felon to possess. Legal analyst Chick Foret says, under a plea bargain, Durst will be sentenced to 85 months in federal prison…:
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He says the judge will decide whether or not to accept the plea after receiving a pre-sentencing report.

Today is the last day for Louisianians to register to vote for the state’s upcoming presidential primary on March 5th. You can register online at geauxvote.com through the Secretary of State’s Office, or at any parish registrar of voters’ office. It’s a closed election which means voters must select a candidate in their party.