Polls are open and the big Louisiana race is the U-S Senate contest as Republican Bill Cassidy seeks re-election. Matt Doyle gets a break down from a political analyst…
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Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says to help keep the lines moving, he’s asking voters to pre-mark a sample ballot before they get inside the voting booth…
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Ardoin says as long as you are in line by 8 PM tonight you will get to vote.

Voters will have the opportunity to legalize sports betting in their parish. There’s a question on today’s statewide ballot that asks if sports wagering should permitted in your parish. Public Affairs Research Council President Robert Travis Scott says if a majority of voters in a parish vote yes, you will not be able to place legal bets immediately…
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That would come in a 2021 regular session.

A confessed serial church arsonist has received a 25-year federal sentence. Holden Matthews’ torched three historically Black churches in St. Landry Parish during a ten-day span in the spring of 2019. Legal Analyst Tim Meche says Judge Robert Summerhays sent a message with this sentence…
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The court has also ordered Matthews to pay over two-point-six million dollars in restitution to the three churches.