Plenty of reaction to a federal judge’s preliminary ruling that the state’s Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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An LSU student has been arrested for threatening to kill Governor Jeff Landry. Authorities say 21-year-old Jackson Pemberton posted on the social media website “X” that I am going to kill you Jeff Landry. WBRZ-TV reports Pemberton was upset about the governor arranging for a live tiger to be brought into Tiger Stadium.
Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves is hailing the overwhelming House passage of the Social Security Fairness Act. The bill that passed 327 to 75 eliminates the Windfall Elimination Penalty and the Government Pension Offset. Graves says Louisiana has been among the most impacted by these two provisions.
The two provisions had the effect of reducing Social Security benefits for people who worked in the public sector, such as teachers, police officers and firefighters.
A woman who claimed her son had been kidnapped is facing several charges. The child was not kidnapped. St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Major Mark LeBlanc says Artasia Viges (VEE-zhees) four year old son actually got out of a moving car during a disagreement.
Viges faces three charges, including child desertion and false swearing.