An Orleans Parish Grand Jury is reportedly hearing evidence over whether Attorney General Liz Murrill violated state law by threatening to remove New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno, District Attorney Jason Williams and five New Orleans Council members from office if they didn’t follow a new state law that combined the civil and criminal clerks of court in Orleans Parish. Murrill says she’s heard nothing about a grand jury and doesn’t believe she did anything wrong…
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When the letters were sent on May 13th, Moreno said in a social media post that it is against the law to intimidate or threaten public officials in an effort to try to influence their decision or change their position.
For the first time in the state’s modern history, there are more registered Republican voters than Democratic voters. John Couvillon of JMC Analytics and Polling says Democrats were once the dominant party in Louisiana…
Cut 9 (08) “…to fall”
Legendary former Southern University Baseball coach Roger Cador has passed away at the age of 74 after a bout with brain cancer. Cador, who was also an outstanding baseball player for the Jaguars, was the head coach of the Baton Rouge school for 33 years, winning 14 SWAC titles and two HBCU national titles. Chair of the Southern Board of Supervisors Tony Clayton says Coach Cador won a lot of games and changed a lot lives….
Cador won 913 games from 1984 to 2017.
Louisiana Tech officially joined the Sun Belt Conference today, a move that will reduce travel costs and renews historical rivalries. Athletics Director Ryan Ivey says they are already seeing the impacts…
Cut 19 (12) “…of the schedule”