Legislators have voted to enter a special session Monday that will run for the next 30 days. The session has 70 items on the call and mostly breaks down into Hurricane Laura relief questions, efforts to undo the Governor’s current COVID restrictions, and the dwindling unemployment trust fund. House Speaker Clay Schexnayder says in March the fund had one-point-one billion dollars, but now has less than 100-million dollars and when it runs out of money, a higher payroll tax on businesses will kick in…
More than 170 million dollars in Main Street Recovery Grants have been obligated so far from the small business assistance program’s 275-million-dollar fund. State Treasurer John Schroder says within that 275-million-dollar program was a promise to dedicate at least 40 million to women, minority, and veteran-owned businesses. They’ve hit that mark, and…
It was announced last week that four Shreveport police officers have been indicted on negligent homicide charges for their role in the death of Tommie Mcglothen, who died last April in police custody. Today the Louisiana Law Enforcement Association issued a statement expecting the officers to be exonerated. Executive Director Christ Stewart…
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Stewart says the public has not seen all of the facts in the case.
Has father time finally caught up to 41-year-old Saints QB Drew Brees? Through two games the legend has looked off, missing throws he used to nail with ease and barely pushing the ball down the field. When asked point-blank about that narrative Brees responded…
Brees’ “air yards”, the distance his average pass travels before being caught, sits at just 4.8. That’s the lowest of his career through the first two games of a season.