Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Judges reject request for restraining order against bar closure order
Federal judges in New Orleans and Lafayette have rejected requests from bar owners for a restraining order against the Governor's bar closure order. Those owners are suing the state over the issue. Lo...
Aug 03, 2020 Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino
Three candidates line up to take on Higgins in the 3rd
Three candidates have signed up to take on incumbent Congressman Clay Higgins in the 3rd District November race. Former oil driller Rob Anderson, a Democrat, is in the running. He criticized Higgins o...
Aug 03, 2020 Congressman Clay Higgins (R) represents Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District
LSU season ticket holders being polled on whether they still want to be up for consideration for tickets this season
LSU is polling season ticket holders to get an idea of how many of them still want to watch football inside Tiger Stadium this season. LSU ticket manager Brian Broussard says they are planning to have...
Aug 01, 2020
Coach O excited for SEC-only football schedule
LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron reacts to the SEC's plan to switch up the football season from the normal twelve-game format to a ten-game format with conference-only opponents. Orgeron says there ...
Jul 31, 2020
Trooper makes traffic stop, finds dead body in the truck of a bullet-riddled car
A Franklin Parish traffic stop leads to the discovery of a dead body in the trunk of a bullet-riddled car. Court records show a trooper pulled a suspect over for speeding, saw bullet holes in the driv...
Jul 31, 2020
Governor Edwards: Masks are the new normal
Governor Edwards tells Louisiana residents not to expect major changes with the Phase Two coronavirus guidelines as he expects to extend the mask mandate and bar closure order next week. The current o...
Jul 31, 2020 Olgierd Rudak / CC
Twitter bans David Duke
Twitter has banned the account of former KKK leader and state lawmaker David Duke for violating the platform's rules on hate speech. The site has recently banned tens of thousands of extremist account...
Jul 31, 2020
Eased regulations for night hunts of feral hogs and other problematic species goes into effect August 1
Beginning tomorrow, state law will allow for year around nighttime hunting of feral hogs on private property. Jonesboro Republican Jack McFarland authored the measure and hopes the move helps reduce t...
Jul 31, 2020 pedrik / CC
Governor John Bel Edwards responds to the federal class-action lawsuit filed against him by several bar owners
Governor John Bel Edwards responds to the federal class-action lawsuit filed against him by several bar owners in the Acadiana region concerning his emergency order banning on-premise alcohol consumpt...
Jul 30, 2020
GOP, Dems at impasse over fifth round of coronavirus relief
Congressional negotiations are underway over the fifth round of coronavirus relief, with Democrats and Republicans presenting widely different opening offers. Democrats want to see the expiring 600 do...
Jul 30, 2020 Sen John Kennedy (R)
