A bill that would eliminate the death penalty in Louisiana goes before a Senate Committee today. Baton Rouge Senator Dan Claitor says, as a Catholic, he believes we should promote life, not snuff it out…:
Cut 5 (10) “any safer”
He also feels the death penalty doesn’t make an fiscal sense here.

Governor John Bel Edwards is launching an ad campaign which promotes his tax plan for the legislative session. The centerpiece of the idea, to place a new tax on businesses while reducing individual income taxes, did not get a warm reception from Republicans in the House Ways and Means committee. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Edwards is looking out for his low income supporters…:
Cut 14 (10) “businesses”
Supporters of the plan say it would give 90% of residents in the state a tax cut.

Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser isn’t happy about the Liberty Place monument in New Orleans being taken down. The monument commemorated a group of white supremacists who fought against the racially integrated police force in 1874. But Nungesser says there are structures all over the world that memorialize darker parts of history..:
Cut 12 (09) “take em down”
The New Orleans City Council voted to remove four confederate-era monuments, which Mayor Mitch Landrieu says will all come down soon.

A Destrehan teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with an underage high school student is set to go on trial today in Jefferson Parish. Shelley Dufresne was one of the teachers allegedly involved in a threesome with another teacher and the 16-year-old boy at a Kenner apartment. She avoided a felony conviction when she pleaded guilty to obscenity in St. Charles Parish, but Jefferson Parish prosecutors will pursue felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile charges.