Executions in Louisiana are scheduled to resume next month following a 15-year pause. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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New Orleans has emerged as a potential home for an NHL expansion team. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Results from the 2024 Louisiana Child Care Parent Poll, conducted by the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children, show parents are struggling with childcare cost and accessibility. Sean Richardson has more.
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After a 15-year pause, executions in Louisiana are scheduled to start up again next month. Among the first slated to be executed is Jessie Hoffman, who raped and killed Molly Elliott execution-style in 1996. Collin Sims, the district attorney for Washington and St. Tammany parishes, requested the death warrant.
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Sims says seeking the death penalty and carrying one out are not moves to be taken lightly.
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Sims says while the execution of a death row inmate may bring justice and closure, it is not something to be celebrated.
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Barring any delays or court orders, Hoffman will be executed by way of lethal gas.
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During Carnival season, while parade-goers collect festive beads, impaired drivers will receive handcuffs as part of Louisiana’s Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission spokesman Greg Fischer says police will be out in force.
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Fischer highlighted the urgency, noting that since 2020, more alcohol-related fatalities and injuries occurred during Carnival than any other holiday.
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To enhance enforcement, National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration funds additional patrols. Officers statewide will arrest impaired drivers and Fischer warning that drinking and driving could turn Carnival celebrations into an early end in handcuffs.
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The campaign runs through Mardi Gras, aiming to curb alcohol-related crashes.
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A new city has emerged as a candidate for an NHL expansion team – New Orleans. NHL Network analyst – and former NHL goalie – Kevin Weekes says an ownership group had a productive meeting with Deputy NHL Commissioner Bill Daly. Weekes says while the identity of this ownership group is currently unknown, they are hockey people from top to bottom.
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New Orleans joins a long list of cities pursuing NHL expansion teams, including Houston, Atlanta, Quebec City and Phoenix, which just lost its team last year. Weekes says the fact that the ownership group met with league brass is big.
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Weekes says even though there’s only one U.S. NHL market smaller than New Orleans – that being Buffalo – New Orleans would be a great NHL city, as evidenced by how well it hosted the biggest event of any kind in the U.S., the Super Bowl.
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The 2024 Louisiana Child Care Parent Poll shows parents are struggling with cost and availability to child care. Mattilyn Batson, the director of policy and research at the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children, highlights the struggles parents face balancing work with childcare access and affordability.
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The survey found that over half of parents worry about affording childcare, with costs averaging 633 dollars a month per child. Batson says for those without subsidies, expenses rise to nearly 12-hundred-dollars monthly.
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Childcare disruptions impacted employment, with 70-percent of parents missing work in the past three months. Batson emphasized the need for investment, warning that without action, families will face financial strain, and Louisiana’s workforce will suffer from lost economic potential.
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Louisiana Tech baseball is in Hattiesburg this weekend for a three-game series against former Conference USA rival Southern Miss. The Bulldogs opened the season by sweeping a four-game series from Maine. Tech Coach Lane Burroughs like how well his team played defensively
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Burroughs came into the season liking his starting pitching, but the bullpen will be a work in progress…
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LSU is 4-and-0 as they open a series against Omaha at Alex Box Stadium today. The Tigers showed off their depth in their four games, playing a bunch of guys and Coach Jay Johnson says it’s been fun to watch…
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LSU has won all four of its games in comfortable fashion, which has allowed Johnson to get a lot of players into the game. Multiple players have played right field, catcher or had a chance to play in the designated hitter role. Johnson says the players have been mature about sharing playing time…
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