U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson has scheduled a hearing today to determine if death row inmates at Angola should have air conditioning. Legal Analyst Tim Meche says this court battle is wasting over a million dollars in taxpayer money and it’s not likely that the judge will overturn a ruling that air conditioning must be installed on death row…:
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The state came up with their own heat remediation plan that consists of fans, ice chests, and cold showers for the prisoners, rather than AC.

A former deputy with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office is under arrest amid charges he had sex with a juvenile while he was on duty. Cops say 31-year-old William Lanoux of Prairieville is charged with malfeasance in office and 1st degree rape. Deputies say the juvenile was considered a runaway when she allegedly met Lanoux on social media and the two went off to have sex. Upon Lanoux’s arrest he was immediately terminated.

Lotte (Low-tay) Chemical and Axiall have broken ground on a three billion dollar chemical manufacturing complex in Lake Charles. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says with these jobs coming to southwest Louisiana it will help make up for the employment losses in the oil and gas industry…:
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Pierson expects the plants will be up and running by 2019.

Governor John Bel Edwards has signed the REAL ID Act into law, bringing Louisiana into compliance with the 2005 federal ruling that created national identification standards in the wake of 9/11. He reminds opponents that it’s not mandatory to get one…:
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That’s by 2020. The OMV anticipates they will be issuing REAL IDs in the fall.