The state Legislature will convene a Special Session to redistrict Louisiana on February 1st. After a U.S. Census is conducted, lawmakers must meet to draw up new districts for the U.S. House, plus the state House & Senate, Public Service Commission and the court system. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Louisiana didn’t gain or lose a large number of people, so the overall job for legislators shouldn’t be difficult…:
CUT 09(11) “…the whole state.”
Governor John Bel Edwards has publicly stated he feels Louisiana should have a second majority-minority congressional district. Pinsonat says creating that U.S. House district without gerrymandering will be a big chore.
New Orleans cops carrying out a search warrant at a 9th Ward home found the mutilated remains of a female in a freezer. The resident, 34-year-old Benjamin Beale, was arrested and charged with a list of offenses. Officers found a headless torso and a power saw with bits of flesh on the blade. Police were searching the home for clues to the disappearance of a woman who’s been missing for a month.
A Donaldsonville school teacher is arrested for alleged sexual contact with a minor. St. James Sheriff Willy Martin says they started investigating 50-year-old Lisa Samuels after the victim called the state’s child abuse hotline…:
CUT 12(08) “…the victim.”
A social media account belonging to Samuels says she’s an art teacher for St. James Parish schools and has been since 2009.
There are now three declared candidates for the 2022 U.S. Senate race in Louisiana this fall. They are incumbent Republican John Kennedy, Democrat challenger Luke Mixon and Gary Chambers, also a Democrat. U.L.-Lafayette political science professor Pearson Cross says the pair have been hammering on Kennedy’s “no” vote on the recently passed Infrastructure Bill, but they’ll need to do better defeat Kennedy…:
CUT 05(13) “…push back on that.”