The state Department of Education announces a record number of high school students have achieved AP college credits this year. Emelie Gunn has more…
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A federal judge in Baton Rouge heard testimony today that the state of department of corrections has come up with a cost-effective way to keep death row inmates cool during hot summer days at Angola. According to the Associated Press, death row inmates have been moved to new cells, where cool air has been piped in from a vent. Hot conditions at Angola’s Death Row have been litigated for over three years now.

Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says there’s a good chance the state will end up with a deficit for the fiscal year that ended on June 30th. Dardenne says they are still waiting for all of the numbers to come in, so it’s hard to say how much that deficit will be. But he says a member of the Revenue Estimating Conference has an idea…
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The deficit will be addressed by lawmakers in 2017.

Jury selection began today in Lake Charles in the case of a 76-year-old man, who is accused of killing his wife in 1962. Mississippi native Felix Vail has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Mary Horton Vail. Legal analyst Tim Meche says it’s difficult to try a case after such a long time:
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The investigation was reopened after a Mississippi newspaper featured a series about the victim.