A lawsuit seeks to change a policy at Angola that sends all death row inmates to solitary confinement, where they spend 23 hours a day in a windowless cell. Attorney Betsy Ginsberg says their 8th amendment protection from cruel and unusual punishment.
Cut 3 (10) “solitary confinement”
The Department of Corrections has not issued a comment on the suit.
Legislation has been filed that would require TOPS recipients who leave Louisiana after graduating to pay 50-percent of their scholarship back to the state over time. Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau says the goal of his bill is to keep the best and brightest in the Bayou State.
Cut 9 (10) “citizens”
For the first time since 2012, more Louisianans are optimistic about the future of the state, according to the 2017 Louisiana Survey. Director of the LSU Public Policy Research Lab Michael Henderson says 46 percent of residents believe the state is headed in the right direction.
Cut 6 (08) “this year”
40-percent of the respondents are confident government can address the state’s problems.
A report from WalletHub find’s Louisiana is the least financially literate state in the country. Analyst Jill Gonzales says 15 percent of Louisianans don’t have a bank account at all. She adds Louisiana residents have a bad habit of spending more money than they make.
Cut 14 (10) “the minimum”
She says the average credit rating in the state is only 654.