East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore says Gavin Eugene Long came to Baton Rouge last summer to inflict pain on police officers. Moore released many more details on last July’s attack on law enforcement where Long killed three officers. The D-A says the officers who killed Long were completely justified and he was ready to die that day too based on his suicide note….
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Moore says SWAT officers fired a total of 89 rounds and Long had a total of 45 bullet wounds.

Ag Commissioner Mike Strain and Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon both said at the 95th Louisiana Farm Bureau Annual Convention that they both plan on running for re-election in 2019.

Thanks to routine water testing, the Louisiana Department of Health found a brain-eating amoeba in the North Monroe Water system and in a Terrebonne Parish water system. State Health officer, Doctor Jimmy Guidry….
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Guidry says the water is safe to drink, but make sure it does not go up your nose, where it can impact the brain tissue.

U.S. Senator John Kennedy is among 10 Senate Republicans calling for the cancellation of the August recess in order to address issues that demand immediate attention. Kennedy says the current Senate calendar shows only 33 potential working days remaining before the end of the fiscal year and they’ve yet to approve meaningful reforms…
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Kennedy says changes are still being made to the Senate health care reform bill, but he says if the final product is better than so-called Obamacare, he’ll vote for it.