Senator Bill Cassidy and a bipartisan group of senators agree on a bill they say will curb the threat of school violence and preserve Second Amendment rights. Cassidy says because a majority of school shootings are committed by males ages 18 to 21, the bill allows for a more thorough background check because juvenile records are expunged.
It appears a special session to redraw a Congressional District map will begin on Wednesday. Yesterday, the 5th U-S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled lawmakers must follow a lower court’s order and redraw a U-S House map that has two Black majority districts by June 20th. Crowley Republican Representative John Stefanski says legislators have a difficult task in front of them
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Stefanski says Republican legislative leaders are meeting today to discuss their next steps.
Will the cost of gas keep more Americans from hitting the road this summer? David Grubb has the story…
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State Police have arrested 64-year-old Peter Doland of Lake Arthur for felony hit and run and careless operation after the June 6th death of Jerry Hughes of Welsh in Jefferson Davis Parish. The victim was riding a bicycle on LA 1126 and struck from behind and pronounced dead on the scene.