Category Archives: News
Federal judges order Louisiana Legislature to draw another Congressional map, or they'll do it
Federal judges have ordered Louisiana lawmakers to try again and draw up a Congressional map that can be used for the 2024 federal elections. The three-judge federal panel gave lawmakers until June 3r...
May 07, 2024 Congressional Map in Senate Bill 8
Bill to add exceptions for rape and incest when victim is under 17, fails in committee
Legislation to add exceptions for rape and incest to the state's abortion ban was amended for exceptions only to apply when the victim is under the age of 17. The bill, however, failed to advance from...
May 07, 2024 New Orleans Rep Delisha Boyd (D)
Post office renamed in honor of deceased Congressman-elect Luke Letlow
Luke Letlow, who was elected to Congress in 2020, but died from Covid before he could be seated is being honored by the U.S. House with the naming of his hometown post office. His widow and 5th distri...
May 07, 2024
Measure to prohibit permitless conceal-carry along parade routes voted down by Louisiana House
The Louisiana House has voted down a bill that would have prohibited a person from concealing a handgun without a permit if they are within 100-feet of a parade. Oil City Representative Danny McCormic...
May 07, 2024 Smarterlam / CC
House to vote on holding constitutional convention
The Louisiana House is scheduled to vote today on whether to hold a Constitutional Convention later this month. Revising the constitution is one of Governor Jeff Landry's priorities, but political ana...
May 07, 2024 Stuart Seeger / CC
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan has strong ties to Louisiana
The winning horse at Saturday's Kentucky Derby has Louisiana's fingerprints all over it. Mystik Dan won by a nose, edging out Sierra Leone and Forever Young. Lafayette native Brian Hernandez was the j...
May 06, 2024 Kentucky Derby Logo
BRPD officer takes protect and "serve" to a new level by delivering a baby
When Corporal Jason Lee with the Baton Rouge Police took on extra duty Saturday, he never imagined it would include delivering a healthy baby boy. Lt. L' Jean McNeely said Lee was driving down Greenwe...
May 06, 2024
Poll: Governor Landry's approval rating 56%
A statewide poll conducted for the Times Picayune and the Advocate finds Governor Jeff Landry's approval rating is 56-percent. ULM political science professor Pearson Cross says Landry has been busy w...
May 06, 2024
Meeting to decide next steps for LA congressional map held today
A meeting will be held today in Shreveport to decide how to finalize the state's congressional map after the most recent one was thrown out in court. After three years of back and forth, NAACP Legal D...
May 06, 2024 Jared Evans, NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorney
Legislation that gives insurers the ability to drop policyholders after three years waiting for governor's signature
A property insurance reform bill waiting for the governor's signature would end the three-year rule. Louisiana is the only state that prohibits an insurer from dropping a customer that's been a policy...
May 04, 2024 Pictures of Money / CC
