Former Louisiana Lt. Governor and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has been tapped to oversee the implementation of the one-point-two trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that is expected to be signed into law today. Landrieu was the mayor of New Orleans when the city was allocated millions of dollars in federal money to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.

Louisiana voters rejected three of the four constitutional amendments on Saturday’s statewide ballot. Jeff Palermo has more…
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The Louisiana Pardon Board has recommended that Governor Edwards should pardon the late Homer Plessy. He was a Creole man of color and was arrested in 1892 after he boarded the White section of a segregated train in New Orleans. Plessy was later convicted of the Separate Car Act but Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams says it’s time to wipe that conviction off the books…
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The governor is expected to follow the pardon board’s recommendation.

The state supreme court will be asked to decide whether a 2018 law that prohibits non-unanimous jury convictions should be retroactive, allowing those convicted on 10-2 or 11-1 verdicts to get new trials. The Louisiana Attorney General’s office says it will create chaos for the court system, defense attorney Hardell Ward disagrees…
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An appellate court in New Orleans has ruled the 2018 law should be retroactive.