Secretary of State Tom Schedler, who is charged with increasing the voter turnout in Louisiana, introduces new “I Voted” stickers featuring artist George Rodrigue’s iconic Blue Dog for the November 8th election. Schedler says the art is also on display in an exhibit called “Blue Dog for President” at the Rodrigues gallery in New Orleans.
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He says they have distributed 4 million stickers to precincts throughout the state and everyone who votes will get one. Today is the last day to register to vote for the November 8th election.

Tonight the Jefferson Parish Public School Board is scheduled to take a vote on whether Parish President Mike Yenni will be allowed at school functions. Yenni said he has no plans to step down in the wake of an apparent sexting scandal that he admitted to and apologized. Yenni insists he broke no laws and isn’t the target of an investigation.

You’re starting to see more and more roundabouts pop up in Louisiana and the Department of Transportation is getting the word out on how to navigate them properly. DOTD spokesman Rodney Mallett says the key is to slow down, yield to traffic, proceed right, and follow signs. He says roundabouts are found to reduce traffic related fatalities by 90-percent:
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DOTD has installed about 30 roundabouts and 100 more have been proposed.

A new task force aims to address the epidemic of opioid abuse in Louisiana. Bob Johannessen with the Department of Health says Louisiana has the seventh highest rate of painkiller prescriptions in the country..:
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The Commission on Preventing Opioid Abuse was established in the 2016 legislative session, and they just had their first meeting.