U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson believes Louisiana’s current Congressional map is constitutional and the legislature shouldn’t approve a new map with two Black majority districts. But State Attorney General Liz Murrill says otherwise…
A map with two majority Black districts pushed by Governor Landry that would change Congressman Garett Graves’ district to a majority Black one, stretching from Baton Rouge to Shreveport passed the in the full Senate 27 to 11.
As legislators debate changing to closed-party primary elections, US Senator Bill Cassidy says the public doesn’t see the issue as a priority.
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That legislation passed in the full House and now heads a senate committee at the state capitol.
The Bayou State is thawing from the frigid temperatures of the last few days, but winter isn’t over yet. Colleen Crain looks ahead to the warmup and cool down of the next few days…
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A Bossier City police officer was knocked unconscious after he slipped on ice responding to shots fired at a gas station around noon today. The officer hit his head and was taken to a local hospital. No arrets have been made, no one was hit by gunfire and an investigation is underway.