The Republican Attorneys General Association, headed by Louisiana AG Jeff Landry, asks the US Supreme Court to declare many Pennsylvania mail-in ballots illegal. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Deployment ceremonies for the 256th Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard began today as they depart for a yearlong mission. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul is confident they’ll find out what exactly happened on Saturday night when three of his officers had an encounter with freshman LSU wide receiver Koy Moore. Moore says he was harassed and violated by the cops who assumed he had a gun and drugs. Paul says their internal affairs investigators are leading the probe
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Paul says the law enforcement bill of rights gives the three officers, who have been placed on leave, 30 days to hire an attorney…
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Paul says they are still collecting the facts and it’s too early to tell if the officers violated Moore’s civil rights. He says the officers face additional training and potential punishment if it’s found they treated Moore unfairly…
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, head of the Republican Attorneys General Association, asks the US Supreme Court to hear a case challenging the legality of many Pennsylvania mail-in ballots.
Before the November 3rd election the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots that arrived after polls closed could be counted. Landry says those votes shouldn’t count.
Under the ruling, a vote could be counted as long as the mail-in ballot was postmarked by Election Day.
Landry says the lower courts allowing ballots received after 8 PM Election Day to be counted is like allowing referees to change the rules of a football game at halftime.
President-Elect Joe Biden is currently winning the state by 45,000 votes. On election night he trailed significantly but caught up once a flood of mail-in ballots were tallied.
Landry says this challenge is about preserving election integrity.
Democrats argue the challenge is a partisan attempt to overturn election results that show an unambiguous win for President-Elect Biden. Should the US Supreme Court side with Landry and the state go to President Trump, Biden would still have enough electoral votes to win the Presidency.
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One of several deployment ceremonies for the 256th Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard was held in Lafayette this morning. In total, about 2,000 soldiers are involved in the yearlong Middle East mission in support of U.S. Central Command. General Keith Waddell of the Louisiana National guard addressed members of the 141st Field Artillery Regiment.
Due to the pandemic, the ceremony was closed to soldiers only and live-streamed online. General Waddell expressed his gratitude to members of the Louisiana National Guard who have been extremely busy in 2020, assisting with pandemic response efforts and hurricane recovery.
Deployment ceremonies will continue over the next week for the 256th Brigade. Soldiers will first report to Fort Bliss in El Paso for premobilization training before heading overseas to aid in the continued fight against ISIS. General Waddell reminded servicemen of their mission.
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The state health department reported 13-hundred new coronavirus cases today bringing the state’s total to nearly 190-thousand. Governor John Bel Edwards says the number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized also increased by 32 and the positivity rate on tests is also going up…
The total number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital is 684 and that’s up from 596 on November first. Edwards says many states have been experiencing a surge in cases this fall and he’s asking everyone to do their part to prevent the spread
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Edwards says we’ll eventually get past the pandemic and it was good news when Pfizer announced on Monday that their vaccine is showing 90-percent effectiveness. But the governor says we are looking at a month-long process to distribute the vaccine…