Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Bossier City to hold press conference to identify suspect and victims in fatal shooing at gas station involving a police officer
Bossier City authorities plan to announce more information on the armed gunman who murdered two people and injured two more including a police officer at a Valero gas station yesterday. Officers were ...
May 03, 2023
House bill letting cops tell you "Stay Back!" advances from House committee
The House Criminal Justice Committee advances a bill that would give police the right to say "stay back" while they do their job, and establish a 25-foot safe zone between them and citizens. Pineville...
May 02, 2023
Bill to ban transgender procedures on minors advances to the House
Legislation to prohibit transgender procedures on minors advances from the House Health and Welfare Committee. Pollock Representative Gabe Firment's bill is entitled the Save Adolescents from Experime...
May 02, 2023 Rep Gabe Firment (R) Grant Parish
House Governmental Affairs Committee approves proposal to raise lawmakers' salaries
The House Governmental Affairs Committee approves a bill that would raise the annual salary for state lawmakers from 16,800 to about $40,000. Gretna Representative Joe Marino says many legislators are...
May 02, 2023
One arrest made in the attempted car-jacking that led to a 9 year-old girl runover when they fled the scene $2.5M bond
UPDATE: Shreveport Police have arrested one of the suspects, a juvenile who's being held on a $2.5 million bond. An arrest is imminent for two suspects who ran over a 9-year-old girl while fleeing an ...
May 02, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
House bill to ban hand-held cell phones while driving narrowly clears 1st legislative hurdle
A bill to ban hand-held use of a cell phone while driving passes its first hurdle in the legislature. The House Transportation Committee heard Breaux Bridge Representative Mike Huval's bill Monday. In...
May 01, 2023
Film tax credit legislation passes in the House
A bill to extend the state's film tax credit passes in the House. The legislation renews the current tax credit for a decade when the current incentive expires in July of 2025. Louisiana Economic Deve...
May 01, 2023 GR Stocks / Unsplash
65 percent of Louisiana water systems receive "A" or "B" grades, 138 systems received a "D" or "F"
The State Health Department releases the grades of more than 900 community water systems in Louisiana. The data is a culmination of 2021 legislation for the accountability and transparency of communit...
May 01, 2023
Legislation to give Louisiana lawmakers first raise in over four decades will be heard Tuesday in a House committee
Legislation to increase the annual salary of members of the legislature from $16,800 to $60,000 will be heard in House Governmental Affairs Tuesday. Lawmakers have not received a raise since 1980. In ...
May 01, 2023 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
House Appropriations Committee takes a different approach to giving teachers a pay raise
The House Appropriations Committee is taking a different approach to funding proposed teacher pay raises. Chairman Jerome Zeringue says instead of providing more money in the state budget for teacher ...
May 01, 2023 Stuart Seeger / CC
