The recall effort to oust New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell failed to gather enough certified signatures. Governor Edwards announced the news after receiving only 27,000 certified signatures when 45,000 were needed from the Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters Office today. Approximately 40,0000 of the signatures collected from a petition drive were deemed ineligible because there were not from qualified electors in the parish.
Gretna Representative Joseph Marino has filed a bill to increase lawmakers to $60,000 annually which is a $43,000 raise. He says it’s a part-time job that not everyone can fiscally perform due to the demands of the job and there aren’t many jobs out there that would let them leave for several months and return to work.
If passed the pay raise would go into effect in January 2024.
State lawmakers told leaders of the state Office of Motor Vehicles about the complaints they are receiving from their districts about the department. Pollock Representative Gage Firment says he’s hearing from his constituents about the lack of customer service at his local office…
Among the complaints are that some offices still require appointments that went into effect during the pandemic even thought that policy has been cancelled.
A new conservation funding initiative – known as the Louisiana Outdoors Forever Program – providing matching resources to governmental agencies and municipalities is currently taking pre-applications. LDWF Undersecretary Bryan McClinton says the program will help in conserving the “Sportsman’s Paradise.”