Early voting begins today. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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Polls on the presidential race have consistently shown that Republican Donald Trump will have no problem defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton in Louisiana. Executive Director of the Louisiana Republican Party, Jason Dore, says they are so convinced that they’ve sent their own volunteers to campaign in other states…:
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But the Louisiana Democratic Party says there is still hope for Clinton here yet.

A study by Tulane University finds that women and racial minorities are not widely present in Louisiana’s judicial system. The report shows that while women make up 51-percent of Louisiana’s population, only 30-percent of state judgeships are held by women. Political scientist Sally Kenney with Tulane’s Newcomb College Institute says we need to start conversations about women and minority inclusion…:
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Racial minorities make up only 23-percent of judgeships in Louisiana, while accounting for 36-percent of the population.

A dump truck driver is under arrest for negligent homicide for his role in a fatal three-vehicle crash in Zachary Monday. It happened as 26-year-old Deante Dixon went past a stop sign and when in the median, the rear of the dump truck was still in the left lane of the road in the other direction as 29-year-old Gilbert Rivera was driving by. Rivera hit the dump truck then another truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene.