The Louisiana House approves legislation requiring the Secretary of State to annually cross-reference voter information with a federal database to make sure that every registered voter in Louisiana is a U-S citizen. New Iberia Representative Beau Beaullieu is the author of the legislation…
This bill passed 74-to-29, with Democrats opposing the measure over concerns that it will disenfranchise voters. New Orleans Representative Candace Newell told fellow House members that 25-percent of naturalized citizens in certain counties in Texas were marked ineligible to vote, because the database did not have accurate information.
The bill now moves to the Senate for further discussion.
The U-S Attorney’s office has charged two young men from Columbia with arson after they allegedly burned down the only Catholic church in Caldwell Parish. Joe Gallinaro has the story…
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Louisiana Tech launches a new partnership with the Air Force Sustainment Center to create a pipeline for graduates to contribute to the Air Force Civilian Service in sustainment and logistics readiness. President Dr. Jim Henderson says it will allow students to work closely with a portion of the Sustainment Center’s nine-thousand member workforce.