Like all other states, Louisiana has a sex offender registry. Now, one lawmaker wants to create a similar registry for those who abuse animals. Colleen Crain reports.
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With the end of king cake season comes the start of seafood season. Andre Champagne reports.
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If when driving along I-10 or I-20, you say to yourself that your fellow Louisianans are really bad drivers, one group says you may be right. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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With a Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of two majority Black districts still pending, the state’s current congressional map remains as is in this year’s election. That means District 6, which is currently represented by Democrat Cleo Fields, remains majority Black, and Fields has drawn four Republican challengers, all of whom are also Black. Among them is Larry Davis of Livingston, who says the Democratic Party does not own the Black community.
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Davis says he will represent all the people of the Sixth District, which runs diagonally from Shreveport to Baton Rouge and includes Natchitoches, Alexandria and Opelousas.
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Another challenger seeking the seat is Peter Williams of Lettsworth. This is his fourth run for Congress, and he says he’s taking a different approach this time around.
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Williams says when he ran previously as a Democrat, conservatives would tune him out because of the “D” next to his name – but not anymore.
The other two contenders on the Republican ballot in the sixth district are Monique Appeaning of St. George and Chris Johnson of Greenwell Springs.
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Like every other state across the country, Louisiana has a sex offender registry. Now, a state lawmaker wants to create a registry for those who abuse animals. Chalmette Republican Representative Mike Bayham says the purpose of his bill is to allow those who sell animals to make informed decisions.
Bayham says registration would only be required for those convicted of certain offenses, including cruelty to animals, dogfighting, injuring or killing of a police animal, sexual abuse of an animal or cockfighting.
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Those who fail to register would face a fine of up to one-thousand dollars and up to one year in prison. Bayham says it’s his way of protecting the pet population.
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King cake season is over; now, seafood season is here. Samantha Carroll, the executive director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, says Lent is always a big time for the state’s seafood industry.
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Carroll says with more people eating seafood on Fridays since all other forms of meat are off-limits that day of the week, that does tend to affect pricing.
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As for one of Louisiana’s biggest delicacies, Carroll says on Fridays, dig in!
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If you think your fellow Louisianan is a bad driver, statistics show you may be right. Using data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the group Consumer Affairs ranks Louisiana as one of the worst states in the nation for fatal crashes. Spokeswoman Dayna Edens:
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Edens says millennials, defined as those between 30 and 44 years old, were behind the wheel of 41-percent of all fatal crashes in Louisiana in 2023, the year that Consumer Affairs took the data from.
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Edens says there are several factors that go into Louisiana’s abysmal national ranking.
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Louisiana is one of 16 states in which millennials were responsible for the most fatal crashes. In five states, gen X drivers – 45 to 59 years old – accounted for the most. Gen Z drivers – from newly-licensed drivers up to 29 – were responsible for the most fatal crashes in the remaining 29 states.
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The second-ranked LSU gymnastics team is in Norman to face top-ranked Oklahoma tonight at eight p.m. The Tigers defeated the Sooners last year in Baton Rouge, and former LSU Gymnastics head coach D-D Breaux expects the meet to be an entertaining one.
Breaux says tonight’s meet will come down to whichever team stays poised across all four events, and she believes the Tigers are capable of doing just that.
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The LSU baseball team is in Jacksonville this weekend for the Live Like Lou Classic. Coach Jay Johnson says he loves playing in tournaments like this early in the season for several reasons.
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LSU baseball has played in early-season tournaments in Texas for the last four seasons. Johnson believes playing in Jacksonville this weekend could help with recruiting in the state of Florida.
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