Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry is putting blame on Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards for not doing enough to execute death row prisoners. The last execution in the state was in 2010 and since then there’s been a shortage in the drugs needed to carry out death sentences. But the A-G’s Sloicitor General Liz Murril says….
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Edwards says under current Louisiana law the state can’t follow the protocol on carrying out a lethal injection because of the drug shortage.

Over a dozen Bayou Bridge protesters attempted to break into the Louisiana Radio Network studios, site of the monthly Ask the Governor talk show, to demand an audience with Governor Edwards….
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The protesters are concerned the pipeline, which is under construction, will prevent an evacuation route out of a St. James community, if there’s a chemical accident. Edwards has been a supporter of the Bayou Bridge pipeline.

LSU PH-D student Felix Santiago-Collazo is attempting to develop a new hurricane computer model that can predict both rainfall runoff and storm surge. Last September, the native of Puerto Rico survived Hurricane Maria…
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Santiago-Collazo hopes his new hurricane computer model can help emergency planners determine where extreme flooding may occur.

Much of the state will be under a heat advisory this afternoon. National Weather Service Meteorologist Mario Valverde says it will be even warmer tomorrow, with triple digit readings in north and central Louisiana…
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The intense heat will remain in place over the weekend.