Voters soundly rejected Amendment One on Saturday, which would have allowed out of state residents to serve on state college and university boards. LaPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says it was surprising to see 76 percent of voters say no thank you, so why the upset rejection?
The Louisiana State GOP also asked voters to reject the amendment, but Alford doubts that played much of a role in the final result.
Voters may have said no to One, but they did say yes to a third and final term on the Public Service Commission for Metairie Republican Eric Skrmetta. Skrmetta has worked out a few major goals for the next six years, including…
Skrmetta beat Democrat Allen Borne with 62 percent of the vote.
ULM football coach Matt Viator is out after five years on the job in the midst of a winless season for the Warhawks. KNOE-TV sports director Aaron Dietrich says victories have been hard to come by for Viator…
Cut 3 (07) “…pretty historic.”
ULM has the lowest athletic budget among F-B-S schools.
The state transportation department has created visual displays of trash they’ve collected from roadways as a reminder to Keep Louisiana beautiful. DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallet says the first sculpture was placed in-front of DOTD headquarters and was an original concept of Secretary Dr. Shawn Wilson. Mallett says the original display received attention from lawmakers and sparked the idea to create more.
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 10,16 new COVID cases today.