Category Archives: Politics & Government
Cassidy and Perkins raise similar amounts last quarter, but Cassidy leads with millions in US Senate race
Campaign finance reports indicate U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy has raised as much money in the last quarter as his main Democratic challenger, Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins. But overall, Cassidy's war ...
Oct 16, 2020 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Early voting begins October 16th for the general election
Early voting begins Friday in Louisiana and wraps up October 27th. You can't vote Sundays, but Monday through Saturday polls open at 8 am and close at 7 pm. There's a lot of interest in the November 3...
Oct 16, 2020
Edwards pushes back against onslaught of House bills aiming to curb his public health authority
The House has now passed a number of measures aimed at limiting the Governor's public health authority and Governor Edwards says if they make it to his desk he's likely to veto them. The House has agg...
Oct 15, 2020
Bill allowing Legislature to eliminate restrictions on in-person nursing home visits advances to the Senate
The House approved a bill allowing the Legislature to strike down parts of the Governor's COVID-19 public health orders pertaining to limitations on in-person visitation at nursing homes. Prairieville...
Oct 15, 2020 Forsaken Fotos / CC
PSC approves plan for electric co-ops to provide internet service
A plan to bring high-speed internet to fourteen parishes in Northern Louisiana clears the Public Service Commission. Rural electric cooperatives serving the area received approval from the PSC to ente...
Oct 15, 2020
LA ACT scores fall for third consecutive year
Louisiana's high school class of 2020 scored an average ACT composite score of only 18.7, the third year in a row the state has seen a drop in scores. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley sa...
Oct 14, 2020 Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley
Legislation allowing medical marijuana treatment at schools clears the House
A strong majority of House members vote to allow school nurses to administer medical marijuana to students with referrals for the treatment. Stonewall Representative Larry Bagley brought the bill and ...
Oct 14, 2020 Bob Doran / CC
The Louisiana House approves bill in response to the suspension of 9-year-old for moving a BB gun
The Louisiana House has approved the Ka Mauri Harrison Act, which is in response to the six-day suspension a nine-year-old boy in Jefferson Parish received he moved a BB gun during a virtual class. Ha...
Oct 14, 2020
House approves bill barring the state from penalizing those who gather for religious services during an emergency
The House approves legislation barring the state from penalizing religious leaders and their congregation who gather for in-person services against orders during a declared emergency. The bill by Oil ...
Oct 14, 2020 Nicholas Cole / CC
Senate passes legislation allowing clergy access to healthcare facilities during the pandemic
The Senate unanimously passes legislation allowing clergy members access to patients in a hospital during a public health emergency. The bill by Minden Senator Robert Mills requires the state Health D...
Oct 14, 2020
