The good news for former Governor Edwin Edwards today is that he got a mor endorsement by the Louisiana Democratic Party for the Sixth Congressional District election. Here’s the bad news from LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan…

CUT 14 (08) Q: “ultimate outcome”

Because of redistricting, that district has more Republican voters than Democrats.

The murder rate of women at the hands of men has moved Louisiana up number 9 last year to number four in the nation. But United Way of Southeast Louisiana spokesperson Kim Sport says those numbers should improve with the new anti-domestic violence laws in the state…

CUT 11 (09) Q: “laws will have”

The latest Violence Policy Center numbers are from 2012.

========================

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin reported to a federal prison in Texarkana, Texas today to begin his 10-year sentence on public corruption charges. Michelle Southern on what Nagin’s life will be like..

CUT 1 (33) “reporting”

More trouble for the former reality TV star William Hayden, as the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office added a Forceable Rape charge to the other charges of Aggrevated Crimes Against Nature and Molestation of a Juvenile. The alleged rape of a 12 year-old victim happened 22 years ago.