Governor Edwards reinstates the statewide indoor mask mandate effective Wednesday for those five and older. Edwards says there is a dangerous amount of COVID spreading through the state right now and…
Other state leaders, including the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry and the Louisiana Restaurant Association have come out in support of the mandate.
28-year-old Aaron Morgan was arrested Sunday after allegedly stabbing his grandmother to death, stabbing his mom, and then going on a shooting spree in an attempt to steal a car afterwards. East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux…
Republican House Speaker Clay Schexnayder strips two Democrats of their committee chairmanships reportedly as retribution for their votes against overturning a ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports. LaPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says after some indications that Schexnayder could be
removed over the veto session failure it appears he’s managed to stabilize his support.
One Independent and one Democrat who voted against the ban were also removed from committees. Alford says additional removals could be on the way.
Chaos on Bourbon Street in New Orleans Sunday morning as five people were injured in a shooting incident. No fatalities thankfully resulted from the early morning attack and one person was taken into custody as a result.