New Orleans Representative Matthew Williard says he’s receiving death threats over his legislation to remove Robert E Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day as legal holidays in Louisiana. Willard says authorities are investigating a voice mail his office received…
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Williard made that statement minutes before a Senate committee approved his legislation, sending the House-backed measure to the Senate floor.

The House Criminal Justice Committee has voted for a bill that would result in violent 17-year-old offenders being housed at adult prisons instead of a juvenile detention center. Ouachita Parish Senator Stewart Cathey says the problem of teens committing serious crimes knows no political favoritism, with Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry and a Democrat DA supporting the bill…
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U-S Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm toured a Strategic Petroleum Reserve site in Iberville Parish yesterday. Congressman Troy Carter accompanied the energy secretary as there’s been a lot of focus on petroleum reserve sites with record-high prices at the pump. Carter says the tour was illuminating…
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Louisiana families interested in helping Ukraine refugees can now do so through the “Uniting Ukraine” program. David Aguillard with Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Baton Rouge says sponsors will help families or individuals acclimate to the community and teach them things like how to shop at Walmart, how to enroll in school, or make doctor appointments.
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For more information go to U-S-C-I-S-dot-gov-slash ukraine.