While many Louisiana Democrats have thrown their support behind Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic Presidential nominee, Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell isn’t immediately convinced she’s the best candidate.
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State Representative Aimee Freeman of New Orleans is battling breast cancer. Brooke Thorington reports it was a self-exam that detected the malignancy…
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Two adults and two children were killed in a head on crash yesterday morning on U-S 61 near I-310 in St. Charles Parish. State Trooper Jacob Pucheu says 38-year-old Benjamin Alexis of Chalmette was driving the wrong way on US 61….
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Alexis and the other driver, 33-year-old Mathieu Christophe of LaPlace died at the scene. Alexis’ two children were killed and a third child is in critical condition.

Former nursing home owner Bob Dean who transported more than 800 nursing home patients to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish before Hurricane Ida made landfall in 2021 has avoided jail time, even though he pleaded no contest to 15 felony counts. Several nursing home patients died as a result of his plan as the warehouse was not equipped to handle that many elderly and fragile people. The 70-year-old Dean was placed on three years probation and Legal analyst Franz Borghardt says Dean’s age is one reason why he was not sentenced to jail…
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CNN is reporting Kamala Harris has the support of enough Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president. President Joe Biden endorsed Harris when he decided not to run for re-election and much of the Democratic Party is now rallying behind her. But north Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell believes there should be more of a competition for the Democratic nomination…
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Four people are dead, including two children, as a result of a head-on crash yesterday morning on U-S 61 near I-310 in St. Charles Parish. State Police Trooper Jacob Pucheu says a third child is critically injured…
cut 5 (05) “…dead at the hospital”
The two children who died are eight-year-old Benjamin Alexis the Third and five-year-old Charles Alexis from Chalmette. Pucheu says they should have been in booster seats.

Former nursing home owner Bob Dean has pleaded no contest to 15 felony counts for the disastrous mismanagement of his facilities during Hurricane Ida. Sean Richardson has more.
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According to a report from the Public Affairs Research Council, about 867-thousand low income residents each month receive food stamps and 45-percent of those recipients are children. That means one out of every five people in Louisiana relies on food stamps.

Public Service Commissioner, Foster Campbell, isn’t immediately ready to hand the Democratic Presidential nomination to President Biden’s choice, Vice President Kamala Harris. Colleen Crain has the story.
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The Louisiana Legislature has hired Boston Consulting Group to perform a comprehensive assessment of the Louisiana Department of Transportation. Earlier this year, Governor Landry issued an executive order mandating the optimization of DOTD’s operations.

A driver heading the wrong way on U-S 61 in St. Rose near I-310 resulted in a head-on crash that killed four people, including two children, eight-year-old Benjamin Alexis the Third and five-year-old Charles Alexis of Chalmette. State Police Trooper Jacob Pucheu says the children were wearing seatbelts, but they should have been in a booster seat…
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The fatal wreck happened yesterday morning before six AM. Impairment on behalf of both drivers is unknown at this time.

Former nursing home owner Bob Dean has avoided jail time after pleading no contest to 15 counts related to his failed evacuation plan of nursing home residents to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish during Hurricane Ida in 2021. Dean was sentenced to three years probation, Attorney General Liz Murrill expressed disappointment Dean was not sent to prison for several years. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt says Dean did not show criminal intent, even though several elderly people died as a result of his plan…
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Louisiana’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Presidential nominee. That’s according to state Democratic Party chairman Randal Gaines, who says a vote was taken virtually on Sunday night. New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry is one of the delegates
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Governor Jeff Landry was a guest on the Moon Griffon show today and said Mr. Biden’s policies over the last four years have failed America and he says whoever ends up as the Democratic nominee never did anything about the rising inflation or the increase of illegal immigrants across the southern border…
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An 18-year-old immigrant is behind bars after he allegedly drove impaired and smashed into another vehicle head-on killing two 18-year-olds inside that vehicle. The crashed occurred early Sunday morning in Lafourche Parish. Rylan Oncale of Raceland and Taliyah Crochet of Houma died as a result of injuries from the wreck. State Police Trooper Ross Brennan says 18-year-old Axel Flores-Cordova’s blood alcohol concentration was nearly seven times over the underage legal limit…
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Brennan did not have information on if Flores-Cordova was in the United States legally. He’s from Honduras, but now in the Lafourche Parish detention center.

LSU cornerback Javien Toviano was arrested yesterday on charges of video voyeurism. East Baton Rouge Sheriff deputies accuse the 19-year-old of having sex with a woman and recording it without her consent with a hidden camera. The team has suspended Toviano indefinitely.

President Biden has dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. House Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans may sue if Democrats go through with a plan to replace Biden with Harris, because the states voted for the president as nominee during the primaries and caucuses. LSU political science professor Robert Hogan…
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New Orleans Representative and Democrat Mandie Landry says Biden and his family have sacrificed so much in the last few years and she’s glad he was the one to choose to step down as the party’s nominee.
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Louisiana Revenue Secretary Richard Nelson is pushing Governor Jeff Landry to hold a special session next month on tax reform. Nelson would like to see the state’s income tax rate reduced…
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Nelson says state can offset the loss of that revenue from a lower income tax by eliminating several different sales tax exemptions.

Two 18-year-olds were killed in a head-on crash in Lafourche Parish involving an underage immigrant driver, who authorities say was impaired. State Police Trooper Ross Brennan says 18-year-old Axel Flores-Cordova of Honduras slammed head on into a vehicle near the Fourchon area. Flores-Cordova faces multiple charges…
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The crash happened shortly after 1 AM and it claimed the lives of 18-year-old Rylan Oncale of Raceland and 18-year-old Taliyah Crochet of Houma.

President Biden ended his re-election bid yesterday and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party nominee in the President’s race. LSU political science professor Robert Hogan expects Harris will receive the nomination at next month’s Democratic National Convention…
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Louisiana’s DNC delegates are on board with Harris as the nominee.

The head of the Secret Service is testifying at this hour in front of the U-S House Oversight Committee discussing the security failures that led to an assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. New Iberia State Senator Blake Miguez says the nation is owed answers…
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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said today the assassination attempt was the biggest agency failure in decades.

Louisiana Revenue Secretary Richard Nelson would like to see the governor call a special session to tackle tax reform. Nelson would like to see the legislature lower the state income tax and to offset the loss of state revenue, he proposes eliminating a number of sales tax exemptions…
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Two 18-year-olds were killed in a head-on crash in Lafourche Parish involving an underage immigrant driver, who authorities say was impaired. Trooper Ross Brennan says 18-year-old Axel Flores-Cordova of Honduras slammed head on into a vehicle on Highway 30-90 near the Fourchon area…
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Brennan did not have any information on whether Flores-Cordova is in the United States legally. He has been booked into the Lafourche Parish detention center on multiple charges.

President Biden has dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. House Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans may sue if Democrats go through with a plan to replace Biden with Harris, because the states voted for the president as nominee during the primaries and caucuses. LSU political science professor Robert Hogan…
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A federal judge says the Ten Commandments should not be displayed in any public classroom until at least November 15th pending a ruling on whether the new law is constitutional. Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino believes in the end the plaintiffs will prevail…
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Several parents who have students attending public schools filed the lawsuit to prevent the law from going into effect.

Louisiana’s Revenue Secretary Richard Nelson wants the Legislature to hold another special session next month to address the “fiscal cliff” the state is facing. Colleen Crain has more…
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In other news…two 18-year-olds were fatally killed in a wreck in the Fourchon area. State Police say an 18-year-old immigrant driving drunk caused the head-on crash.

LSU cornerback Javion Toviano has been arrested on video voyeurism charges. He’s been suspended from the team.

Westgate of New Iberia football star Jaboree Antoine has committed to Miami, but LSU football has received a verbal pledge from a five-star receiver from Las Vegas. Derek Meadows is six-foot-six.