She was once one of the state’s top Democrat power players, but today former New Orleans State Senator and state Democratic Party chair Karen Carter Peterson pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges. Peterson was accused of taking nearly a hundred-thousand dollars in campaign and party money with the help of yet unnamed assistants. A federal judge will decide if Peterson will go to prison, when her sentencing comes up in December.

Louisiana’s on again/off again abortion ban trigger law is back on again, after Baton Rouge Judge Don Johnson signed an order that suspends his preliminary injunction. That action is the result of a ruling Friday from the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals. Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino…:

CUT 06(11)      “…lower court’s ruling.”

Ciolino says this case will eventually be decided by the state Supreme Court, and he think the High Court will rule for the state.

Not that it was EVER ok, but it is now – officially – a crime to use marijuana while in a moving vehicle. Metairie Republican Representative Laurie Schlegel brought the bill in the legislature. She says she thought of the bill after witnessing people in New Orleans, driving around smoking weed…:

CUT 12(11)      “…not be good.”

Schlegel says, with smokable medical cannabis now legal, it makes good sense to draw a line on where one can use it. The law applies to ANYONE in the vehicle; driver or passengers. A violation means a $100 fine.

The Louisiana Municipal association elects its first-ever Black female president. She’s Ville Platte Mayor Jennifer Vidrine, who says she will represent ALL communities in the state, which has not always been the case…:

CUT 11(09)      “…as they should be.”