Cardell Hayes has been found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of former Saints star Will Smith. Former New Orleans running back Deuce McAllister was there when the verdict was read and says this was not a win for anybody…:
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Hayes was also found guilty of attempted manslaughter for shooting Smith’s wife during the April 9th road rage incident in New Orleans.

Now that Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy has been elected as U.S. Senator, he plans to tackle some of Louisiana’s problems in Washington D.C. Kennedy says it’s time for a change and the first thing he will fight for is additional relief for our flood victims..:
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Kennedy says he will also fight to bring more jobs to Louisiana.

Two different polls show a majority of Louisiana residents agree with repealing the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Pollster Ed Chervenak says in a telephone survey conducted by the University of New Orleans Survey Research Center, 66-percent of 776 people polled support the idea…:
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A poll by Southern Media and Opinion Research found 56-percent of Louisianans surveyed believe President-elect Trump should repeal Obamacare and replace it with a new healthcare plan.

And also in the end of Louisiana’s long election cycle this year, in addition to Republican John Kennedy winning the US Senate race, two other members of the GOP prevailed. In the two US House runoffs, state Representative Mike Johnson was elected to the 4th District, and in District 3, it was Clay Higgins, aka the Cajun John Wayne.