Qualifying began this morning and several candidates appeared at the Secretary of State’s Office to sign up for the US Senate race. They include Democrats Caroline Fayard & Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, and Republicans Congressmen Charles Boustany and John Fleming and Troy Hebert who is running as an independent.

The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man accused of making threats against police officers on social media. Sheriff Greg Champagne says they received reports on Monday, following the deadly rampage against officers the prior day in Baton Rouge, that a man by the name of Victor “Life of Crime” Pablo indicated he planned a similar ambush
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Champagne says the suspect is being charged with terrorizing and threatening a public official, which carries up to a maximum of 15 years in prison.

The State Department of Revenue has announced that the Louisiana solar energy tax credit program has already reached its limit. The LDR says consumers buying residential solar energy systems from this point on should not expect to receive any tax credits from the state. President of Solar Alternatives Jeff Cantin says this means around 2-thousand families will not get this credit now…:
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A community group in Baton Rouge is putting together a plan of ways relations between the public and police officers could be improved. The effort is in the wake of the ambush on officers, and the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling. Rev. Lee Wesley of Together Baton Rouge says cops and the public must have an open dialog…:

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And a heat advisory remains in effect for most of the northern half of the state until 7pm tomorrow.