7-23-20
WITH AN ADDITIONAL SIXTY DEATHS IN TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE STATE NOW HAS A TOTAL COVID-NINETEEN DEATH COUNT OF THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR. THERE ARE FOUR MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED FROM COVID-NINETEEN AND NINE MORE PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS. THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES IS TWO THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX, MOVING THE OVERALL TOTAL TO ONE HUNDERED AND ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES IN ACADIANA HAS SURPASSED FIFTEEN THOUSAND TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN. THERE ARE TWENTY SEVEN MORE DEATHS IN ACADIANA, INCLUDING EIGHT IN ACADIA, TEN IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, THREE IN IBERIA AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES TWO IN ST.LANDRY AND ONE IN ST. MARY PARISH. THE TOTAL FOR THE AREA IS THREE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR.
THERE ARE EIGHT MORE DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, FIVE IN JEFF DAIS PARISH, TWO IN ALLEN PARISH AND ONE IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL FOR THE REGION IS ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE. THERE ARE THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE MORE CASES. THAT MOVES THE TOTAL TO SEVEN THOUSAND FORTY.
THE POLITICAL KETTLE IS BEGINNING TO BOIL A LITTLE HOTTER. YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY THAT CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION COULD QUALIFY. SHREVEPORT MAYOR ADRIAN PERKINS QUALIFIED TO MOUT A CAMPAIGN AGAINST U.S. SENATOR BILL CASSIDY. PERKINS, DEMOCRAT, HAD BEEN WIDELY REGUARDED AS A SOLID CANDIDATE TO RUN AGAINST SENATOR CASSIDY. CANDIDATES HAVE THRU FRIDAY TO QUALIFY. IN RACE FOR CONGRESS IN THE 3RD DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS SAW ONE CANDIDATE TO RUN AGAINST HIM IN THE PERSON OF ROB ANDERSON OF SULPHUR. IN THE RACE FOR A NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN ACADIA, VERMILLION AND LAFAYETTE. TWO LANDRYS QULIFIY: DANIEL DANNY LANDRY AND DONALD DON LAFAYETTE WILL. CROWLEY CITY JUDGE MELSE TRAHAN QUALIFIED FOR A 2ND TERM WITH NO OPPONENT THUS FAR.
THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL, IN A UNANIMOUS VOTED TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT BY PARISH MAYOR-PRESIDENTS EFFORT TO REMOVE THE ALFRED MOUTON IN LAFAYETTE. THE VOTE CAME AFTER A MARATHON OF MEETINGS AT 2AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STATUE MAY BE MOVED TO A PLACE NOT ON CITY PROPERTY WHERE IT MAY FIND A NEW HOME.
THE US SUPREME COURT MAY SOON DECIDE IF UP TO 1,601 LOUISIANA INMATES CAN BE EITHER RETRIED OR RELEASED. THE COURT DECIDED IN APRIL TO OUTLAW SPLIT VERDICTS. THE COURT WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO EXTEND ITS DECISION IN RAMOS V LOUISIANA TO INCLUDE INMATES WHO HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR APPEALS. THE HIGH COURT AGREED ONLY WEEKS AFTER THE RAMOS DECISION TO DECIDE THE RETROACTIVITY ISSUE IN TAKING UP THE CASE OF THEDRICK EDWARDS, WHO IS SERVING A LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE SENTENCE. EDWARDS WAS CONVICTED BY A SPLIT JURY.
THE CITY OF ABBEVILLE IS MOUNTING AN EFFOR TO GET ILLEGAL FIREARMS OFF THE STREETS…TV 10’S CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS DETAILS:
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THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO ALLOW RECENT LAW GRADS TO PRACTICE LAW WITHOUT TAKING THE BAR EXAM. THE COUNT CANCELLED THE JULY 27TH BAR EXAM BECAUSE OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS. THE ANNOUNCEMENT STS OFF FIERCELY OPPOSITION. IN FACT THREE OF THE JUSTICES FILED DISSENTS INTO THE RECORD SAYING THE STATE WOULD BE LICENSING UNQUALIFIED ATTORNEYS WHO MAY BE UNFIT TO SERVE THE PUBLIC. IN OTHER ACTION THE LA SUPREME COURT UPHELD THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE OF 70 FOR ALL JUDGES. THE RULING CAME JUST HOURS BEFORE TWO JUDGES WOULD HAVE TO QUALIFIED TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION. VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY REJECTED A CONSTITUTIONSL AMDNDMENT IN 2014 THAT WOULD HAVE DONE AWAY WITH THE AGE REQUIREMENTS.
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The Army Corps of Engineers says it’s adding a month to the crawfish season in 28,500 acres in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin. The floodway system’s park manager says a slow drop in the Atchafalaya River is making for great crawfishing in the Indian Bayou area. Steve Stone says about 140 people have the special use permits needed for crawfishing there and permits are still available at the Corps’ Port Barre office. A notice sent Tuesday said the Indian Bayou crawfish season will now end Aug. 31.
