Category Archives: Politics & Government
Kennedy: Impeachment "dead as fried chicken" in the Senate
Senator John Kennedy says Democrats may support impeachment in the House, but there's next to no shot the Senate will vote to remove the President. Kennedy says House Democrats failed to prove the Pre...
Dec 18, 2019 Sen John Kennedy (R)
President Trump expected to be Impeached today
An Impeachment vote is expected Wednesday on the House floor on two articles related to the President's alleged effort to pressure Ukraine into investigating the Bidens in exchange for military aid. C...
Dec 18, 2019
Governor Edwards says casualty count from EF 3 tornado could have been higher
The National Weather Service has confirmed it was an EF 3 tornado that started in DeRidder and skipped along to Alexandria on Monday with winds between 140 and 160 miles per hour. Governor John Bel Ed...
Dec 17, 2019
Miguez to lead House GOP Caucus
Erath Representative Blake Miguez is taking over as the new House Republican Caucus Chairman. Republicans are two votes shy of a supermajority in the House and Miguez says the key to their success in ...
Dec 17, 2019
Hewitt to lead Senate GOP Caucus
Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt will lead the Senate Republican caucus in the upcoming session, with the job of uniting the Upper Chambers' GOP supermajority. The fall elections likely brought an end to...
Dec 17, 2019
LSU Appreciation Day declared by Secretary of State
After a 13-0 run so far, only two games remain on the road to a College Football Playoff National Championship for the Bayou Bengals. In celebration of LSU's success, Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin pr...
Dec 16, 2019
House vote on impeachment expected this week
An impeachment vote on the House floor is expected this week. Last week the House Judiciary Committee approved two articles, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Northwest Louisiana Congressman...
Dec 15, 2019 Matt Johnson / CC
US Ag Sec. celebrates US/China trade deal at SU commencement
China and the US agree to a "phase one" trade deal that will see some tariffs on China canceled, and in exchange the People's Republic agrees to purchase tens of billions dollars of US agricultural go...
Dec 15, 2019
LSU starts a national search to replace former president F. King Alexander
LSU Law Dean Thomas Galligan takes over as interim LSU system President while the institution conducts a national search to replace F. King Alexander, who is leaving for Oregon State. Council for a Be...
Dec 14, 2019
House to take up Impeachment next week
The House Judiciary Committee votes to send two Articles of Impeachment to the House floor for an Impeachment vote sometime next week. Northwest Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson sits on the Committe...
Dec 13, 2019 Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson, 4th Congressional District
