There are cries for justice as result of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alton Sterling by a Baton Rouge police officer. During an emotional press conference, the president of the Baton Rouge branch of the NAACP, Mike McClanahan, called out the Baton Rouge Police Department for not releasing the security footage of the shooting. He says this incident is only one of many….
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Sterling, who is black, was killed after a struggle with two white policemen. Officers confronted him after receiving a call about a man with a gun in the area.

A short time ago, Governor Edwards called for unity in this very difficult time. The governor says he’s asked the US Department of Justice and FBI to take the lead into the investigation in the shooting.

Governor Edwards announces Louisiana Economic Development will look into the state’s film tax incentive program. Jeff palermo has more…
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Louisiana is receiving a 60-million dollar federal grant that will be used to improve and widen I-10 between I-49 and the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson says this allows them to use state dollars for other projects…
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