 BY DEANNA B. NARVESON | Staff writer Upcoming legislative session: Gov. Jeff Landry will back a set of auto insurance bills he says favors neither side in what seems certain to be a clash between two powerful interest groups during the legislative session that begins Monday. At issue is the high cost of auto insurance in Louisiana. Landry unveiled several proposals he said are aimed at bringing down rates, calling the measures “a balanced approach that holds both sides accountable.” Read the full story from statehouse reporter Alyse Pfevil.
Impact evicted: The ugly legal fight that has dogged Impact Charter School in Baker since a damning investigative audit led state officials to replace its management escalated Wednesday when the school was informed it has just a few days to pay $260,000 in back rent or be evicted — along with its 400-plus students. Read the full story about what could happen next for the charter school.
Supreme Court request: A New Orleans nonprofit legal group is asking a federal court to overturn a two-decades-old murder conviction in the 1998 death of a 16-year-old pizza delivery driver in Livingston Parish. The Innocence Project New Orleans filed a petition in the U.S. Court for the Middle District of Louisiana seeking to overturn the second-degree murder conviction of James Skinner, who was one of six people convicted in 2000 of murdering Eric Walber, an Albany High School student and football player. Read more. | 
