Governor John Bel Edwards has requested an additional 800 million dollars in federal dollars for disaster relief. The now 2.8 billion dollar request will be considered by Congress in the coming weeks. He will be in Washington D.C. on Wednesday and Thursday to address funding for transportation…:
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The governor says the legislation could come out of the Senate by Wednesday.

State Police say they have arrested a 73 year old Slidell man who was found to have over 31,000 gigs of suspected child pornography on about 23 electronic devices. They say the investigation into Lanier Lively began in April when the Special Victims Unit gathered evidence the suspect was sharing explicit pornographic files involving juveniles over the internet. He is charged with 500 counts of Possession of Child Pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography.

Richland Parish Congressman Ralph Abraham is seeking more federal assistance for the victims of the March flood in north Louisiana. Halen Doughty has more…:
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Democratic US Senate candidate Caroline Fayard has won the endorsement of New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu. Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell has the endorsement of Governor John Bel Edwards. Political analyst Clancy Dubos says splitting big name endorsements will make it harder for one of these candidates to make it in the runoff..:
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