Category Archives: Politics & Government

There are three bills sponsored by Kenner Republican Debbie Villio that will gut the 2017 Justice Reinvestment Initiatives and drastically reduce a prisoner's opportunity for early release. In House C...

Today begins the fourth day of Governor Jeff Landry's special session on crime and ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross believes the hard-nosed conservative with the help of the legislature w...

Lawmakers debated the privacy portion of a bill to protect the names and drug manufacturers involved in the executions of death row inmates. In House Governmental Affairs, Hammond Representative Nick ...

A bill to expand methods used to carry out the death penalty and to provide protections for those involved, like drug companies that provide the ingredients used for lethal injection, passed in House ...

Legislation to concealed carry without a permit in Louisiana will be debated in the crime special session. And because police are trained to look for outlines of a gun in someone's clothing, President...

As Republican Governor Jeff Landry's special session to focus on crime convenes, the House Democratic Caucus said they too are also committed to addressing crime, yet they were not involved in draftin...

Louisiana has agreed to send National Guard troops to Texas to assist with the southern border. Director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Jacques Thibodeaux sai...

Governor Jeff Landry tells the Louisiana Legislature that it's time to end the criminal minded element destroying Louisiana. On the opening day of the special session, Landry laid out his agenda for t...

On Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster this morning, DCFS Secretary David Matlock defends the state's refusal of Summer EBT dollars that equates to $70 million in federal match from a state investment of ...

A measure to allow people who are 18 or older to carry a concealed gun without a permit will be discussed in the special session on crime that begins today. New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry be...