The overwhelming failure of Amendment 2 on Saturday will be a game-changer for the upcoming fiscal session. Jeremy Alford, the editor at LaPolitics-dot-com, says had it passed, it would have been a relatively quiet session. Now, not so much.
Cut 4 (09) “…definitely, 100-percent.”
The legislative session begins on April 14th.
A criticism of amendment 2 is that it lacked transparency. A bill that was more than 100 pages was jammed into a 91-word ballot question. The legislation would have made significant changes to Article 7 in the state constitution. Carencro Representative Julie Emerson authored the amendment and says they wanted to basically wipe the slate clean and start fresh with Article 7…
Cut 10 (11) “…rewrite on that”
A 76-year-old woman in southwest Louisiana who is allegedly responsible for the 1970 death of her 16-month-old child is finally behind bars. Sulphur Police Chief John Wall says they reopened the case in 2022 and thanks to new crime fighting technology, they developed enough evidence to charge Alice Bunch Idlett with second-degree murder in the 1970 death of Earl Bunch the Third…
Cut 8 (08) “….death as a homicide”
At the time of the toddler’s deal, Idlett said her child suffered fatal injuries from falling out of the crib.
The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s office has arrested seven members from a group known as the “Motion Gang.” Sheriff Jason Ard says they were mainly involved in drug dealing…
Cut 14 (14) “…sooner than later”
Two of the people arrested are allegedly involved in a shooting in Bogalusa.