Category Archives: Politics & Government
Bond Commission continues to block funding for a New Orleans project that's scheduled for completion in a couple of years
For the second consecutive month, the state Bond Commission has voted to delay a 39-million dollar future line of credit for the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. Attorney General Jeff Landry they...
Aug 18, 2022 Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R)
Governor Edwards to push Louisiana Legislature to include rape and incest exceptions to the state's abortion ban
Governor John Bel Edwards says he will push the state legislature next year to include an exception for rape and incest to the state's law that bans most abortions. Edwards made the comments during hi...
Aug 18, 2022 Governor John Bel Edwards gives COVID briefing January 13, 2022.
Ask the Governor for August 17, 2022
If you missed this month's edition of Ask the Governor you can hear it here. The host Jim Engster and Governor John Bel Edwards hit on a variety of topics during his monthly one hour show. They discus...
Aug 17, 2022
State Supreme Court hears Shreveport mayor's disqualification appeal
The Louisiana state Supreme Court heard the second appeal of Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins' disqualification from running for re-election Tuesday. Attorney Jerry Harper, representing plaintiff Franc...
Aug 17, 2022
New "I Voted" stickers unveiled
This morning Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin unveiled this year's "I voted" sticker. Designed by New Orleans artist Becky Fos, it's a brightly colored painting of the state capitol building done in oil...
Aug 16, 2022 The 2022 Louisiana I Voted sticker unveiled Wednesday at the Secretary of State's Office, to be used in the fall elections.
State Supreme Court rejects abortion trigger law appeal
Louisiana's on-again-off-again abortion ban law is on again, and this time it may stick. The state Supreme Court Friday rejected an appeal by abortion rights activists seeking to keep clinics open; ar...
Aug 15, 2022 Maria Oswalt / Unsplash
Pro-life and pro-choice advocates react to State Supreme Court's denial of appeal challenging Louisiana's abortion ban
On Friday the State Supreme Court denied an appeal challenging the state's abortion ban thus allowing for it to remain in effect. Since Roe v Wade was overturned, the state ban on abortion was on, the...
Aug 13, 2022 Kimberly Vardeman / CC
Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins running out of options to get his name on the November ballot
A state appeals court upholds the disqualification of incumbent Mayor Adrian Perkins from running for re-election this fall. Perkins was found to have used an incorrect address on his qualifying paper...
Aug 09, 2022 Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins
Lawmakers question DCFS after a child's overdose death and the alleged rape of a foster child
Lawmakers questioned the Department of Children and Family Services after a Baton Rouge toddler died from an overdose and the agency was notified twice before that the child was in danger. "I am heart...
Aug 08, 2022
Governor's race unusually muddy one year from qualifying
Qualifying for the 2023 Louisiana governor's race happens one year from today and we still do not have any announced candidates to replace the term-limited John Bel Edwards. ULM political science prof...
Aug 08, 2022 hjl / CC
