New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond urged members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today not to confirm Republican U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama as the next United States Attorney General. Richmond says Sessions’ beliefs are discriminatory and so are his actions…
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Newly elected US Senator John Kennedy sits on the Judiciary Committee and supports Sessions appointment.

Today marks the one-year anniversary since Governor John Bel Edwards took office. Edwards says a main priority in year two is flood recovery…
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Governor Edwards is planning another trip to Washington DC next month.

A survey by the Associated General Contractors of America finds 70% of Louisiana contractors anticipate hiring more workers in 2017. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Baton Rouge Police are looking for a gunman who fatally shot a 27-year-old mother in her doorway last night as her three children were inside. Sergeant L’Jean McKneely says they believe Robyn Hale was targeted…
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The children were not harmed in the shooting.