After his sister in Texas was poisoned by her husband who used an abortion-inducing medication and was only sentenced to 180 days. Shreveport Senator Thomas Pressly is introducing legislation for stiff penalties for such a crime. Louisiana already has penalties against physicians who perform abortions and Pressly says he wants to go a step further for domestic situations like his sister’s.
He’s proposing five to ten years.
Legislation to ban live streaming illegal activities on social media has been filed by Representative Dixon McMakin. Current law prohibits posting images or videos, but his proposal extends to recording crimes in real time. He says they would have to identify the difference between a recording in real-time and a pre-taped.
Congressman Garret Graves says a project that could have provided significant protection from floods in Louisiana may finally be completed. He says The Comite project creates a 12-mile New River connecting the Amite/Comite Basin to the Mississippi to provide relief for East Baton Rouge, Ascension, and Livingston Parishes…
Cut 11 (10) “…more floodwaters.”
Former state representative and current assistant Commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles, Austin Badon, has announced he’s now a Black Republican. Badon says he was a conservative Democrat when serving in state legislature, but he believes the Republican Party better represents his views…
Cut 15 (09) “…better alignment.”
Badon also says he is a pro-life Catholic.