A Legislative committee met today hoping to build a coalition of parties interested in reversing the Biden Administration’s recent oil and gas policies. Some are calling for a more forceful response from Governor Edwards against changes like the moratorium on offshore drilling licenses, but State Department of Natural Resources Secretary Thomas Harris says that’s counterproductive.
The Biden Administration says these restrictions are key to helping the country hit carbon neutrality by 2050.
ULM Poli Sci Professor Joshua Stockley says Senator Bill Cassidy’s vote calling the impeachment of former President Trump constitutional was a surprising move. The vote was a reversal on the issue for the Senator and triggered a strong condemnation from the state GOP.
An arrest has been made in the Quawan Charles case. The St. Mary Parish 15-year-old was found in a wooded area of Iberia Parish last November. Iberia Sheriff Tommy Romero says immediately after the arrest he spoke with the parents of Charles
37-year-old Janet Irvin was arrested. Attorneys for Charles’s family say Irvin picked up Charles from his home in Baldwin without parental permission. Charles was reported missing on October 30th and his body was found on November 3rd.
Public Affairs Research Council President Robert Travis Scott expects the Legislature will seek to reform the way the state collects sales taxes when the legislative session begins in April. Scott says a task force has been working to bring the state’s sales tax collection system in line with the rest of the country.