Should victims, families of defendants, the public, and the press have the right to know our criminal court system is working on their behalf? If passed, a bill may provide that information at no cost. Teiko Foxx has the story.
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Will public school teachers get a pay raise when legislators convene for the regular session next month? Kace Kieschnick has more…
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When you compare stress factors among states Louisiana isn’t at the top of the list but it sure is close. Brooke Thorington has more on WalletHub’s 2023 list of Most Stressed States.
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A bill to create a Criminal Justice System Pilot Program providing free access to criminal court records and case information for the public and the press is on the table for the upcoming legislative session. The two-part legislation will offer transparency in adult court and relating to juvenile crime. Attorney Laura Rodrigue says with a rise in juvenile crime – the public has the right to know what is going on in the court system.
The legislation authored by Representative Debbie Villio will begin to immediately address the crisis in Orleans, Caddo, and East Baton Rouge Parishes. Rodrigue says the Attorney General’s office has agreed to setup an online data portal.
Attorney General Jeff Landry – who established the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation within the Department of Justice – .says he’s standing with families who have been impacted by crime and supports this legislation.
New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport ranked 8th, 10th, and 19th respectively as the most deadliest cities in the country according to Forbes.
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The legislative session is right around the corner and with the state sitting on a large surplus of money, raising salaries will be a big topic. Governor Edwards proposes a three-thousand-dollar teacher salary increase. Republican Houma Representative Tanner Magee says legislators support raising teacher pay but by how much…
Magee says federal pandemic relief money and hurricane recovery dollars have helped boost state revenues. But that money is going way. He also says a portion of the state sales tax will sunset in July of 2024, so the good financial times may not last.
There’s talk about increasing the supplemental pay for law enforcement, but Magee says there’s opposition to that proposal…
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And Gretna Representative Joe Marino has filed a bill that would give legislators a large pay raise from just 17-thousand dollars a year to 60-thousand dollars a year, starting in 2024. Magee says raising lawmakers’ pay in an election year is dicey
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April is Stress Awareness Month and according to WalletHub the Bayou State ranks number two among the most stressed states. WalletHub analyst Jill -Gonzales says they compared several factors like work, financial, health, and crime-related stress among the 50 states.
And it’s only appropriate that April is Stress Awareness Month with federal income taxes due. Gonzales says financial stress is a common theme across the country.
And to relieve your stress Gonzales suggests you do things like take a long walk, read a book, or visit a park, things that aren’t cost-related. When it comes to money problems, Gonzales says the worst thing you can do is ignore it.
Mississippi topped the list as the most stressed state, followed by Louisiana, New Mexico, West Virginia, and Nevada.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Law Enforcement Academy graduated their 35th class of cadets into the LDWF Enforcement Division. Graduates spent the last six months training to enforce the state’s recreational boating and wildlife and fisheries laws and LDWF spokesperson Adam Einck says they’ll start work immediately…
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The 19 graduates will help to fill vacancies in the Enforcement Division and spend the first six months assigned to a field-training officer. They’ll help govern the use of the Sportsman’s Paradise’s natural resources that Einck says a lot of people make use of…
The graduating agents come from all over the state to help protect their native resources and many are drawn to the job because of that opportunity. Einck says this has been a lifelong goal for many of them…
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LSU Pitcher Paul Skenes was the top transfer and pitching prospect in the nation this offseason, and he hasn’t disappointed in the Purple and Gold. Skenes is 5-and-0 to start the season with a 0.59 ERA and 59 strikeouts. Skenes says the key to his improvement and dominance is as simple as a good night’s sleep…
The number one-ranked Tigers will host eleventh-ranked Tennessee this weekend. The Volunteers’ pitching staff has a 2.59 ERA, the best in the SEC, but they’ve started SEC play with a 3-3 record after being swept by Missouri the first weekend of conference play and haven’t won a road game all season. Skenes says he’s excited for a star-studded matchup in Alex Box…
Tigers outfielder Josh Pearson was a significant piece in last year’s lineup but didn’t see the field much before conference play much this year. He’s made a return to the lineup in the first two series and he says it was just a matter of rebuilding his confidence after some offseason struggles…
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