Louisiana saw a notable drop in the rate of women murdered by men in 2018, about 15 percent. Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence Director Mariah Wineski says it appears a number of legislative efforts are finally coming to fruition.
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Despite the drop, Louisiana still had the 5th highest rate in the nation and was 77 percent higher than the national average.
For the first time in two weeks, there are no tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Basin, after a breathless few weeks where as many as five named storms were active in the Atlantic at once. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the quiet period is due to the nature of tropical systems…
The National Hurricane Center is currently not monitoring any systems other than the scattered remains of Beta currently in Mississippi.
The 2020 Census count deadline is less than a week away and Lt Governor Billy Nungesser stresses the importance of being counted. Brooke Thorington explains.
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The state reports 581 new cases of COVID-19 today.