A memorial service is set for next Thursday to remember and honor the three law enforcement officers who lost their lives in a shootout with a gunman in Baton Rouge. Governor John Bel Edwards says the service will take place a 2:00 p.m. at Healing Place Church in the Capital City…:
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Edwards says we must turn away from hatred, instead turning toward peace and love.

Bobby Jindal is out of office, and Senator David Vitter is leaving soon. So who is the face of the Republican party in Louisiana now? ULM political science professor Dr. John Sutherlin says the winner of this fall’s US Senate election could be the next Republican leader…:
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He says Attorney General Jeff Landry is becoming more of a factor in the state Republican Party.

Three prominent republicans are the among the 15 that have put their names on the ballot for the US Senate race, and all of them think they have what it takes to represent Louisiana in Washington. Halen Doughty has more..:
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The Governor’s office is hosting a blood drive today in honor of the three law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the ambush in Baton Rouge on Sunday — Corporal Montrell Jackson, Officer Matthew Gerald and Deputy Brad Garafola. The donation bus will be outside the State Capitol from 8:30 am until 2:30 pm.