Baton Rouge Representative Barry Ivey lets his colleagues have it after the Louisiana House votes to table his proposal to add a second majority Black district to the state Supreme Court map. Michelle Southern has more…
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18-year old Jaden Michael Ardoin faces first-degree and attempted murder charges after his alleged jealousy caused him to chase down two men who flirted with his girlfriend. Brooke Thorington explains.
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A Baton Rouge lawmaker unloaded on his colleagues in the Louisiana House after his proposal to add a second majority-Black district to the state’s Supreme Court map was tabled without debate. Republican Barry Ivey says he’s learned if legislation doesn’t have the backing of deep-pocketed special interest groups it will not pass…
Ivey, who has been in the state legislature since 2013, says it’s unlikely he’ll file another bill.
The major debate in the redistricting session is whether Louisiana should add majority-minority districts to its political maps because the Black population has grown since the 2010 census. The Republican led-Legislature is maintaining the status quo in all the maps that are advancing and Ivey is frustrated…:
Ivey says the redistricting session is a microcosm of why the state ranks at the bottom in so many rankings because the House is too stupid to work together…:
Alexandria Republican Lance Harris says life does not give you what you want, it gives you what you deserve.
Covington Representative Mark Wright made the motion to table, he says being told by Ivey that the House is stupid, lazy, racist, and corrupt because they vote against his bills is unacceptable and narcissistic. Wright says he made the motion after Ivey couldn’t say how he voted last year on legislation to expand the number of Supreme Court justices. Wright says she couldn’t take Ivey’s bill seriously.
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18-year-old Jaden Michael Ardoin of Port Barre faces first-degree and attempted murder charges after following two brothers in his vehicle and allegedly firing shots Tuesday night near Melville because the two routinely flirted with his girlfriend. St Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Eddie Thibodaux says a high-speed chase ensued.
Wade Edward Smith was killed, and James Preston Allen Vaughn is listed in stable condition.
Thibodaux says investigators were able to secure video footage from the gas station where the two brothers interacted with Ardoin’s girlfriend.
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Thibodaux says it’s unfortunate that a jealous rage sparked such an incident that’s impacted so many lives.
Another arrest is expected today.
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Louisiana will receive approximately $75 million over the next five years to build electric vehicle charging stations. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says it’s critical because car manufacturers will be making more EVs in the future and Louisiana needs to be prepared so citizens can take advantage of their value.
Wilson says DOTD is going to create a grant program so they can deploy charging stations in areas where there’s already infrastructure in place to build upon.
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Along with utility providers and public spaces.
Wilson says EVs are going to mainstream sooner than later, and Louisiana needs to be prepared, by providing ample charging stations along routes for residents.
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Wilson says the cost to operate an EV will be more affordable than current automobiles and will also help reduce carbon emissions.
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The Louisiana Gaming Control Board is giving Pacific Peninsula Entertainment 60 more days to sell the closed DiamondJacks Casino in Bossier City. DiamondJacks shut its doors in May of 2020 and P-2-E attempted to build a new facility in Slidell, but St. Tammany Parish voters shot down that proposal in December. Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Johns says this is P-2-E’s last extension…
An attorney representing P-2-E told the board they are in talks with Foundation Gaming to buy the Diamond Jacks casino property. Johns hopes that will happen…
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The gaming control board could have requested that P-2-E give the license back to the state. But the process of re-selling the license and the new owner building a property for gaming could take four to five years. So P-2-E has two months to sell Diamond Jacks or board member Julie Berry says they lose the license…