With a massive ice storm approaching Louisiana, Governor Landry has declared a state of emergency. Landry says while Louisiana had a historic snow event last year, snow is easier to deal with than ice.
LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says driving on icy roads is dangerous enough; driving on icy elevated highways is impossible – and here in Louisiana, there are miles and miles of them. Thus, he’s expecting transportation officials to shut many of them down this weekend.
The last time Louisiana had a major ice storm was February 2021.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill says while it’s long-standing policy not to issue opinions on the constitutionality of state laws, cockfighting remains illegal in the state. Murrill was responding to a formal request from the St. Landry Parish Council, as some in the parish want the state to amend or repeal its ban on cockfighting. Nadea Comeaux told the council cockfighting is, in her opinion, wholesome entertainment.
Cut 4 (10) “…involved in that.”
Wayne Pacelle (puh-SELL-ee), the president of Animal Wellness Action, says that woman couldn’t be more off-base if she tried.
Cut 5 (10) “…illegal firearms.”
Louisiana was the 50th and final state to ban cockfighting in 2007; it became illegal at the federal level as part of the 2014 farm bill.