Eunice Police arrest a shooting victim after he allegedly convinced a friend to shoot him so he can be excused from his child support court hearing. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Union Parish authorities say a three-year-old child is in critical condition after the little boy was attacked by three neighborhood dogs, two of them are pit bull mixes. Sheriff Dusty Gates says the child’s mother found her son next to a shed in the yard with his clothes ripped off and suffering from numerous injuries.

The US Supreme Court defeated an effort this week to allow federal courts to intervene when states engage in partisan gerrymandering of voting districts. Fair Districts Louisiana co-founder Brandon Faske says the decision means Louisiana legislators can still draw their own districts and pick their own voters.
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A Baton Rouge woman is Louisiana’s latest one million dollar Powerball winner. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson BreAnne Frye says Lala Singleton was tagged in a Facebook post by her sister-in-law in Connecticut that someone in Baton Rouge won a million-dollar Powerball prize, and turns out it was her. Frye says Singleton plans to donate some of her winnings to a charitable cause close to her heart.
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Two bigtime donors within the Republican Party, Boysie Bollinger and Joe Canizaro are heading up Ralph Abraham’s gubernatorial campaign finance committee. Abraham lags financially compared to the other two candidates Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards and Republican Eddie Rispone. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says it’s a major development for Abraham…
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Bollinger once ran a shipbuilding firm and Canizaro is a New Orleans banker.

The Caddo Parish Coroner’s office has identified the two-year old child who died as a result of an apparent accidental shooting in Shreveport. Ranaldo Bennett was struck by a bullet Friday morning and died two hours later. 19-year-old Jaylen Jones has been charged with negligent homicide and illegal possession of a firearm.

The two historic openings of the Bonnet Carre Spillway this year have made life difficult for those in the seafood industry in southeast Louisiana. Oyster beds have been destroyed and catches are down and fishermen have been forced to go out farther to catch fish and shrimp. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser hopes the federal government can provide some assistance…
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And Nungesser says there is no shortage of red tape to cut through to get assistance for the seafood industry.

Governor John Bel Edwards has signed a bill that gives the state an additional 700-million dollars to spend on specific transportation projects. Houma Representative Tanner Magee and Port Allen Senator Rick Ward are co-authors of the legislation. Ward says he started meeting with Magee in January…
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The money will fund highway projects in Caddo, Rapides, St. Tammany, I-49 through Acadiana and L-A 1 in LaFourche Parish.

With the much talked about algae bloom impacting the gulf coast and the excessive fresh water flowing through the Bonnet Carre Spillway, is Louisiana seafood safe?
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Governor Edwards signs legislation that will result in the state spending an additional 700-million dollars on transportation projects, including a new highway in West Baton Rouge that will help ease congestion on the I-10 Mississippi River Bridge…
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According to Gov-Track-data, U-S Representative Ralph Abraham has missed nearly 200 votes in Congress since he announced his plans to run for governor in December. Supporters of Governor John Bel Edwards are using this information against him. But LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says the attack often doesn’t stick, because most of those votes, like a recent one on immigration, weren’t even close anyway.
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A Baton Rouge woman is the latest one-million dollar Powerball winner, but Lala Singleton didn’t know she won until her sister-in-law used social media to nudge Singleton to check her numbers. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson BreAnne Frye…
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Singleton will receive 710-thousand dollars after state and federal taxes.

New, more specific child passenger safety laws will soon take effect. Matt Doyle has details from the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission…
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At this hour, Governor John Bel Edwards is holding a bill signing ceremony for House Bill 578 which will use about 700-million dollars from the BP oil spill settlement for several critical transportation infrastructure projects, like improving Highway 1 along the cost and an I-49 connector in Caddo parish.

The US Supreme Court has rejected a Trump Administration bid to include a question about citizenship status on the 2020 census. Congressman Garret Graves says the decision could result in further reductions in Louisiana Congressional representation as states with growing undocumented immigrant populations continue to gain seats.
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Based on a survey of two-thousand moms, Alarm-dot-com says the best age for a child’s first cellphone is 12-years-old. Alarm-dot-com vice president Anne Ferguson says most children at that age are mature enough to handle the responsbility, but parents will still need to monitor what their kids are doing on their phone…
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NASA aims to put boots on the moon in 2024 and a glimpse of the rocket core stage for its moon mission will be unveiled today at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Facility director Robert Champion says all of the engines have been received to construct the spacecraft.
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All of NASA’s manned spacecrafts have gone through Michoud.

The state’s new child safety seat law will go into effect on August 1st. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Executive Director Lisa Freeman…
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The new law requires children to remain in the most protected category of child restraint and all kids should stay in the back seat until they turn 13.

The US Supreme Court shoots down an effort to ask 2020 census respondents whether or not they are American citizens. Matt Doyle got reaction from a Louisiana Congressman…
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According to Gov-Track-data, U-S Representative Ralph Abraham has missed nearly 200 votes in Congress since he announced his plans to run for governor in December. Abraham told the Associated Press that being a congressman is more than sitting at a desk and voting yes or no.

Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves is disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision to block an effort by the Trump administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Graves says citizenship should be the first question asked…
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Opponents say it would dissuade immigrant households from filling out the form, resulting in the underrepresentation of Hispanics, and lower federal aid for some states.

New car seat laws will go into effect in August which will keep infants and toddlers in rear-facing seats for a longer period of time and require all children under the age of 13 to ride in the back seat. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Executive Director Lisa Freeman…
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Visit Louisianahighwaysafety.org for a rundown on the new laws.

NASA holds a media event today at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans East as workers there are helping to construct the rockets that will send astronauts to the moon by 2024. Facility director Robert Champion says Michoud has five-thousand employees working on the project…
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Champion says the spacecraft is the world’s largest rocket, and upon completion will have to be transported to a testing facility, and then Cape Canaveral for liftoff.

New research indicates the best age for a child’s first cellphone is 12. The finding is based on the input of 2,000 moms. Alarm.com commissioned the study, and VP of the website Anne Ferguson says the age likely comes because of the timing of maturity changes just before teenage years.
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