After a U-S airstrike in Baghdad Friday, oil prices and futures have seen a 4-percent increase so far. GasBuddy-dot-com says we should see gas prices start to rise at the pump over the next week or two at least 5 to ten cents a gallon. But GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan says that all could change.
The 2020 Presidential election is exactly 10 months away. It is uncertain if Congressman Ralph Abraham will run for re-election. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Abraham has previously stated he might term limit himself, but there are those that want him to run again.
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St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s deputies arrest a Georgia man after he shot a Grand Coteau police officer in the arm during a traffic stop for a red-light violation. Sheriff’s Deputy Chief Eddie Thibodeaux says 59-year-old Michael Dewayne Lucas shot at Officer Kiara Harris when she walked up to his vehicle. Thibodeaux says the suspect is also wanted for murder in the Florida Panhandle.
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Officer Harris is reportedly recovering and is in good spirits.
After criminal justice reform in Oklahoma, Louisiana is once again the number one incarcerator per capita in the country. Sentencing Project Executive Director Marc Mauer says Louisiana needs to substantially reduce the use of life without parole sentences. He adds the aging populations created by the policy are expensive and don’t make us any safer.