U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch meets today with the U.S. Attorney in Baton Rouge and other US Justice Department officials for a roundtable discussion. Former U.S. Attorney Don Cazayoux says Lynch is likely trying to learn more about the efforts to improve police relationships with the community and also the latest into the investigation of Alton Sterling’s death.
Lynch is also scheduled to have a meeting this morning with law enforcement first responders.
State and federal leaders, police and the public gathered at Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge to celebrate the lives the fallen Baton Rouge officers. Governor John Bel Edwards says we have to uproot hate and violence and replace it with peace and love.
The LSU AgCenter received a grant from the EPA to research the effects of pesticides on honeybees, and they found mosquito pesticides do not pose a health risk to the bees. Entomologist Kristen Healy says they performed tests both in the lab and the field and found.
Healy says the goal of the study was to evaluate the effects of pesticide spraying trucks.
Hollywood South is rebounding after taking a hit when lawmakers put a cap on the state’s film tax credit program. Business agent for a New Orleans film workers union, Cory Parker, says some smaller productions are coming back to the Bayou State seeking the local film professionals.
During the 2015 legislative session, legislators placed a 180-million dollar cap on film tax credits the state can issue every year