Category Archives: News
Lawmakers to consider protections for religious gatherings during emergency orders
A House committee will take up a bill Thursday by an Oil City Republican that aims to block the state from charging people who gather for religious activities against state orders with criminal offens...
Sep 30, 2020 Representative Danny McCormick (R) Oil City
Legislation requiring the Governor consult with lawmakers before extending emergency orders moves to the House
Thursday the House and Governmental Affairs Committee will consider Senate-approved legislation that would require the Governor to consult with Legislative leaders before extending an emergency order....
Sep 30, 2020
Lawmakers questioned state health officials about the 25-percent cap on spectators at athletic events in a House committee meeting
The discussion over the 25-percent maximum capacity at athletic events took the spotlight at a legislative committee Wednesday morning. Baton Rouge Republican Rick Edmonds says the inability to attend...
Sep 30, 2020 Mark Bonica / CC
State Health Officer predicts another deadly COVID spike likely in fall
State Health Officer Dr. Jimmy Guidry warned a Legislative committee there will be another spike in COVID cases during flu season, and the spike will rival the numbers we saw in spring. Guidry said hi...
Sep 30, 2020
Cowboy Relief Effort assisting McNeese State students displaced by Hurricane Laura
Univeristy of Louisiana System schools are helping McNeese State students displaced by Hurricane Laura. UL System President Jim Henderson says more than 200 McNeese students have registered for the Co...
Sep 30, 2020
Main Street Recovery Program stops accepting applications
The Main Street Recovery Program aimed to assist Louisiana small businesses with pandemic recovery is no longer accepting applications. State Treasurer John Schroder says the original amount of $275 m...
Sep 30, 2020
State legislation introduced to block local attempts to defund the police
Alexandria Representative Lance Harris introduces legislation that would give the legislature the ability to take away state funding from local governments and universities that cut the budget for the...
Sep 29, 2020
Hurricane Laura relief on the docket for ongoing special session
Legislators will take a look at ways to help Hurricane Laura-ravaged southwest Louisiana recover in the ongoing special session. Lake Charles Senator Ronnie Johns said his first priority is securing f...
Sep 29, 2020
Democrats push back on GOP efforts to curb Governor's public health authority
Democrats are pushing back against Republican efforts in the special session to restrict or change the Governor's public health authority or require him to consult with the Legislature. Baton Rouge Re...
Sep 29, 2020
Two people dead following officer-involved shooting at an Avondale home
Two people are dead after deputies with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office fatally shot a man they witnessed murder his girlfriend on Monday night. Sheriff Joe Lopinto says deputies arrived to find...
Sep 29, 2020 Tony Webster / CC
