About 18,000 more people have early voted after just five days, than early voted in all of 2015, Louisiana’s last gubernatorial election. Matt Doyle has more.
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Vice President Mike Pence will hold a rally in the New Orleans metro area tomorrow to urge Louisiana voters to vote for one of the two main republican challengers in the governor’s race. In an effort to avoid running out of money, Congressman Ralph Abraham has loaned his campaign 300-thousand dollars.

If you have a newer vehicle, Triple-A says don’t rely on the autonomous emergency braking system as failsafe. AAA says its research has found the detection systems designed to protect pedestrians are useless at night and that’s when 75-percent of pedestrian fatalities occur. And Triple-A’s Don Redman says pedestrian deaths have been on the rise since 2010…
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AAA supports says the continued development of pedestrian detection systems.

Officials will cut the ribbon this morning on the new Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital. President of Children’s Health Trey Dunbar says the state-of-the-art facility will treat patients from around the state and they’ve provided space to make it comfortable for family members of the patient…
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The new hospital costs 230-million dollars and it took three years to construct.