Category Archives: News
Edwards signs bill barring auto insurers from raising rates on deployed military
Governor Edwards signs legislation ending the auto insurance "Patriot Penalty" where military who were deployed overseas would return home to higher auto insurance rates. Anyone who is uninsured for s...
Jun 09, 2020
Alleged serial killer Ryan Sharpe has 1st Degree Murder conviction voided
An East Feliciana Parish judge has voided the first-degree murder charge of accused serial killer Ryan Sharpe as the result of a recent US Supreme Court decision that bans non-unanimous convictions. S...
Jun 09, 2020
Death of man in Shreveport Police custody ruled "possibly preventable" by Caddo Parish Coroner
Caddo Parish Coroner Doctor Todd Thoma says a 44-year-old man died of natural causes while in the custody of the Shreveport Police Department on April 6, but his death could have been preventable. Tho...
Jun 09, 2020
Rough waters at Grand Isle claim three lives
A third person has died from complications of a drowning incident on Grand Isle on Friday. 33-year-old Terrell Miller of Houma died in a hospital following his attempt to rescue his fiance's children,...
Jun 09, 2020 Art Poskanzer / CC
Edwards: Memorial Day did not lead to surge in new cases
It's been two weeks since Memorial Day weekend and Governor Edwards says he's heartened to see the state did not experience a significant surge in COVID transmission as a result of the holiday. Edward...
Jun 09, 2020
LSU study finds over a third of Louisiana residents know someone who tested positive for COVID-19
A new LSU poll of 757 Louisiana residents found 42% of respondents know someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, and 23% know someone who has died from it. LSU Public Policy Lab director Michael ...
Jun 09, 2020 Olgierd Rudak / CC
Edwards backs police reforms, rejects "Defund the Police"
Governor Edwards says Louisiana should consider police reforms in next year's legislative session. Cities and states across the country are taking up changes to policing policy in the wake of George F...
Jun 08, 2020
UNO seeking input on potential NOLA to BR passenger rail
The UNO Transportation Institute wants residents to fill out a survey detailing what they would like to see from a hypothetical Baton Rouge to New Orleans passenger rail service. Research Associate Ta...
Jun 08, 2020 Rob Dammers / CC
LSU begins summer workouts Tuesday and the school has a plan in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus
The LSU football team will have to wait one more day before starting voluntary workouts. They were scheduled to begin Monday, but the campus is closed because of Tropical Storm Cristobal. Senior assoc...
Jun 08, 2020
Gulf dead zone estimated to be 7th largest on record this year
The 2020 Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico is projected to be four times larger this year than the Hypoxia Action Plan goal established 19 years ago called for. LSU Marine Science Professor Nancy Rabala...
Jun 08, 2020 Olin Gilbert / CC
