The Secretary of Louisiana Department of Transportation is stepping down. Governor John Bel Edwards office has announced that DOTD Secretary Dr. Shawn Wilson will retire from state service effective March 4th; just over two weeks away. The governor says Wilson’s work will “continue to bear fruit for years to come.” Wilson’s exit fuels speculation he will run for governor, as a Democrat, this fall.
The effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has one week until its petition signature deadline, and they say they are very close…:
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Top of the “bad lists”? A new report from the Violence Policy Center ranks Louisiana near the top for our rate of gun deaths; just over 28 per 100-thousand persons. VPC’s Josh Sugarmann says Mississippi is tops, followed by Louisiana, New Mexico, Wyoming and Alabama…and all five states have somewhat lax gun laws…:
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He says local government s that may want stricter gun laws find themselves trumped by state law.
Legislation to require parade organizations to pay for after-parade clean-up has been filed for the upcoming legislative session. West Monroe Representative Foy Gadberry says the litter control group, Ouachita Green, asked him to allow parishes and municipalities the ability to charge parade groups to recover clean-up costs…:
CUT 03(06) “…to do so.”
Gadberry says litter is a statewide problem and parades only make it worse.