What are the state’s chances of prevailing in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in defense of the Ten Commandments law? Andrew Greenstein reports, not that good.
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Entergy says it was able to keep power outages during the winter storm to a minimum. Colleen Crain reports.
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Senator Bill Cassidy had a strong fundraising quarter last quarter, raising one-million dollars. Sean Richardson reports that brings his total cash on hand to more than 6.5-million dollars.
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Oral arguments to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on the Ten Commandments case are over. Now, the waiting for a ruling begins. Loyola New Orleans law professor Dane Ciolino says there’s almost no chance that the state will prevail at that level. He says the state’s plan all along has been to get it to the U.S. Supreme Court, which may re-examine its 1980 ruling in the Stone versus Graham, which ruled that posting the Ten Commandments in public schools is unconstitutional.
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Ciolino says the state is banking on the Supreme Court and its 6-3 conservative slant to apply its ruling in the 2022 Kennedy versus Bremerton case. In a 6-3 vote split down ideological lines, the justices ruled that the school district in Bremerton, Washington, had no right to fire football coach Joseph Kennedy for praying on the field after a game, saying that violated his First Amendment right to free speech and free exercise of religion.
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The state maintains that the Ten Commandments are being posted as part of a historical context. The plaintiffs, on the other hand, say it’s a blatant attempt at pushing Christianity in public schools, citing debate by Republican lawmakers in the session in which House Bill 71 passed. Ciolino says that context will come into play in the Supreme Court, should it get there.
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The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office is set to appear in season two of the television series Police 24/7 on CW. While the specific episodes featuring BSO haven’t been confirmed, Lieutenant Neil Johnston says they will be on later episodes showing what deputies deal with every day.
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Johnston says the show focuses on the dedication, bravery, and humanity of the men and women who serve and protect their communities daily.
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Johnston says he hopes the public will get a sense of the risk that deputies are dealing with daily, even during a routine traffic stop.
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Entergy says it was able to keep power outages down to a minimum during the winter storm. Entergy New Orleans had about 24-hundred outages at its peak. As for Entergy Louisiana:
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Jason Willis, the vice president of reliability at Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans, says to speed up the restoration time, they had extra personnel on hand – more than 27-hundred to be specific.
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Willis says they also fully prepared its equipment and vehicles, including putting chains on all the tires. He says while Louisiana normally does not see weather events like this, they prepare for them, with a little help from their neighbors.
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Senator Bill Cassidy raised a million dollars in the fourth quarter of 2024, increasing his campaign cash-on-hand to over 6.5 million dollars. Political Advisor Bernie Pinsonat says the question is, can he raise ten million dollars?
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Pinsonat says Cassidy is right where he should be money-wise.
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Pinsonat says to remember this is only for his campaign account and can have a PAC that can raise equal or greater amounts of money.
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The fifth ranked LSU Lady Tigers take on the defending national champion South Carolina Gamecocks today in a highly anticipated matchup pushed back one day because of the historic snowfall in Louisiana. The Gamecocks are 18-and-1 and ranked second in the country. Reed Darcy covers LSU for the Advocate and says Carolina is once again a favorite to win the national title…
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LSU enters the game with a 20-and-0 record but Darcy says South Carolina appears to be the more talented team and it will take an off day for them to lose on their home floor…
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South Carolina has won 68 straight games on its home floor at Colonial Life Arena. Darcey says one of the Gamecocks best strengths is their depth, three of their top five scorers come off the bench…
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Tip off is at 4 PM.
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The Commanders and the Eagles will face each other for the third time this season in Sunday’s NFC Championship game in Philadelphia. In the regular season, each team won on its home field. Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels says he expects the Eagles defense to throw a few new looks at him….
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Daniels is trying to become the first rookie quarterback to lead his team to the Super Bowl. The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback at LSU never looks rattled, and Daniels explains why that is…
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