Incumbent Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins has been disqualified from running for another term in office because of the incorrect address on his qualifying paperwork. LA-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says Mayor Perkins’ residency has been called into question before; four years ago, by Shreveport state Senator Greg Tarver…:
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According to KTBS-TV Perkins listed a family property address near LSU-Shreveport, not the downtown property address where he lives on his paperwork.
The Louisiana Workforce Commission launches its “Tech Ready Louisiana” program, which is a free online learning platform for residents. LWC Secretary Ava Cates says it’s more than 5,000 free online courses and you don’t even have to be seeking employment to use it.
In some courses, you can even be certified in three to six months.
Louisiana native Lt. General Michael Langley made history this week, he’s the Marine Corps’ first-ever Black four-star general. The U.S. Senate confirmed Langley to the position Monday, He was born in Shreveport and has been a Marine for more than 35 years. According to Stars and Stripes, he was one of six Black generals in the Marines.
Consider this to be one of the problems you might not have known needed fixing: Noodling was an unrecognized sport in Louisiana. Marsanne Golsby explains…:
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