The Louisiana Democratic Party Executive Director Dadrius Lanus accuses West Monroe Senator Jay Morris of using a derogatory word during a racially charged debate over a new Congressional District map. Lanus says when Morris got up from the table after testifying, he turned around told audience members to Shut Up and the second time he said “Shut Up Boy.” Morris denies the allegation, but Lanus told WRKF public radio he knows what he heard…
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Senate Governmental Affairs Chairman Caleb Kleinpeter says he spoke with several news organizations who were covering the tense committee meeting and none of them heard Morris use the word “Boy”…
Cut 8 (04) “..debunked that”
The senate Governmental Affairs Committee will meet again on Wednesday and it’s expected they will approve a map that eliminates one, if not both, Black Majority districts from the state’s Congressional map.
Two teens were killed in a crash in Concordia Parish, and the teen driving the SUV is under arrest. Investigators say shortly after 12:30 yesterday morning, 18-year-old Gregory Steele of Vidalia lost control of the SUV and drove it off the roadway, causing it to overturn. Steele suffered minor injuries, but 19-year-old Jacob Bonnette of Vidalia and 17-year-old Michelle Baity of Natchez, Mississippi, were killed. State Police Trooper Casey Wallace says alcohol appears to have been a factor.
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Wallace says none of the teenagers were buckled up.
An effort to slow down the trend of public-school districts moving to a four-day week stalled on the House floor. As the debate went on, amendments were added to exempt more school systems and charter schools. Eventually Reserve Representative Sylvia Taylor stood up and said the issue needs to be studied…
The bill was returned to the calendar and it’s unknown if it will be discussed again in this session.