Mike Johnson is the first Congressman from Louisiana to serve as House Speaker. LSU Shreveport Political Science Professor Jeffrey Sadow says Johnson won on a 220-to-209 vote after three other nominees, including Louisiana Representative Steve Scalise, failed to get the full support of Republicans in the House…
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The 51-year-old Johnson is in his fourth term. He’s a Shreveport native, but now lives in Benton. The mayor of Benton, Shelly Horton, says the community could not be happier…
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Speaker Johnson says now that the House is back in business, the public will see Congress work as hard as ever to deliver for the American people.

Governor-elect Jeff Landry has announced the chairpersons of his transition team, which include influential Republican businessman Lane Grigsby. Landry says fixing Louisiana’s problems will not happen overnight, but his transition team will help his administration get off to a running start…
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Landry says his administration will focus on reducing crime and improving education and the economy. The transition team will be housed at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

A new I-10 bridge in Lake Charles is not coming anytime soon after the House Transportation Committee voted down a proposal to use a combination of tolls and taxpayer dollars to build a two-point-one billion dollar bridge. DOTD Secretary Eric Kalivoda says they’ll now look to rehab the current bridge built in 1952…
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Kalivoda says under this plan it will take decades to build a new bridge.