Governor Edwards can thank a surge in African American voter participation for keeping him from loading up a U-Haul and leaving the Mansion. Power Coalition for Justice and Equity Executive Director says they knocked on hundreds of thousands of doors to push voter turnout, but President Trump’s three visits to Louisiana during the campaign also energized minority voters…
Shelton made the statements on Talk Louisiana.
Governor Edwards tweets that the cyber-attack on state websites that shuttered them, and closed down the OMV today was the result of a ransomware attack. The attack was initially discovered on one state website, and in order to stop it from spreading across the rest of the network the decision was made to shut down all state sites. The Division of Administration reports that no data was compromised, and no ransom was paid as a result of the attack.
Shreveport Representative Alan Seabaugh criticizes his party’s inability to flip the Governor’s mansion but celebrates the substantial gains the GOP made in the Legislature. This election cycle saw the GOP take a supermajority in the Senate and a near super-majority in the House. Seabaugh says if the Governor felt he had trouble working with GOP legislative leaders in his first term, he hasn’t seen anything yet.
Seabaugh is a candidate to be the next House Speaker.
The state Department of Transportation announces work will begin in January on improving the 1-20 bridge over the Mississippi River. The two-mile bridge connects Madison Parish to Warren County, Mississippi and it was built in 1973. DOTD spokesperson Erin Buchanan says crews will make several significant repairs.