After setting a new record for visitors in Louisiana last year the tourism industry is bracing for a bleak 2020. Matt Doyle has more.
Louisiana surpasses the 2,000 mark on COVID-19 fatalities with 51 new deaths, raising the total to 2,042. The state is has seen an encouraging number when it comes to ventilator usage, dipping below the 200 mark to 194, down by 26 from yesterday. Total cases: just shy of 30,000 and expected to eclipse that tomorrow.
After ruling all non-unanimous jury verdicts unconstitutional the US Supreme Court will now decide whether that decision applies retroactively. The case involves a Baton Rouge man, Thedrick Edwards, serving multiple life sentences, but the jury hearing the case did not deliver a unanimous verdict in 2006. His attorney Andre Belanger (bah-lon-jay) says the case should be overturned…
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry opposes overturning past non-unanimous convictions.
The University of Louisiana System announces a special tuition rate for adults wanting to return to school to finish their degree through the Compete LA program. UL System President Jim Henderson says the new rate provides an average discount of $450 per course, adding the process of finding the right path to a degree doesn’t get much more convenient.
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