Governor John Bel Edwards has filed a lawsuit in state court in Baton Rouge to get a judge to block an effort by Republicans in the House of Representatives to overturn his COVID-19 public health emergency orders. The governor says a petition filed by the House is unconstitutional, but House Speaker Clay Schexnayder says Attorney General Jeff Landry is prepared to defend the petition in court…
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The parents of 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin have filed a federal lawsuit claiming Lafayette Police officers violated his constitutional rights when they fatally shot him to death on August 21st. Authorities say Pellerin had a knife, but family attorney Ronald Haley says…
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Haley says video evidence also shows Pellerin is not threatening an officer. Police were in the area responding to a disturbance involving a man with a knife.

Louisiana had 11,000 more uninsured children in 2019 than it had in 2018, a 28 percent increase. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Zeta is expected to strengthen back into a hurricane today and its aiming to make landfall in southeast Louisiana as a Category One storm. 90-mile per hour winds are expected for portions Jefferson, St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes tomorrow night.

And FEMA is giving Hurricane Laura victims another 30 days to register for FEMA assistance.