Governor John Bel Edwards is broadcasting a rare address at 6:30 this evening to inform the public on exactly what Louisiana is facing. The budget deficit is $870 million dollars for this fiscal year, and about $2 billion for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. Political pollster Ron Faucheux says, unlike Louisiana, other states typically struggle when gas prices are high…:
State Treasurer John Kennedy will give the Republican response following Governor Edwards’ speech.
Louisiana State Police say they arrested 150 people while assisting the New Orleans Police Department during the two big weekends of the Mardi Gras season. Trooper Melissa Matey says the arrests led to 210 criminal charges and an additional 66 drug charges. She says narcotics agents were busy.
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Matey says they helped to recover 8 stolen vehicles during the two weekends of the carnival season, and LSP arrested multiple people on drug charges on Monday before Fat Tuesday.
Louisiana Researchers have played a role in detecting gravitational waves, which Albert Einstein predicted would occur in his general theory of relativity. LSU astronomy professor, Gabriela Gonzalez says two black holes colliding some one-point-three billion years ago created the gravitational wave that was detected in Livingston Parish and at another facility in Washington…
Gonzales says this type of discovery can help scientists learn more about how the universe works.
After an identity hearing in California today, a judged has ruled Frank Selas is former Monroe TV personality “Mr. Wonder,” who is accused of committing sex crimes in Louisiana in the 70s. Lt. Tommy Carnline with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office says now the process of getting Selas back to Louisiana begins…