Domestic violence advocates from across the state encouraged lawmakers to support funding for domestic violence shelters in the state budget. Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence Director Mariah Wineski says the legislation that passed the House last week did not contain any funding to address the obvious needs.
Louisiana ranked 5th in the nation for femicide and 81% of female homicides in Louisiana are committed by a partner or ex-partner.
A bill requiring parents to give permission for schools to use corporal punishment on children in Louisiana will be up for debate on the House floor today. Metairie Representative Stephanie Hilferty says while some school systems allow corporal punishment, others do not, Hilferty says there’s no rhyme or reason why one parish allows it, and another doesn’t.
Hilferty filed legislation to ban the use of corporal punishment in the past but the bill failed.
Governor candidates, Attorney General Jeff Landry and Treasurer John Schroder already have campaign ads running on TV, and the political action committee known as Reboot Louisiana, supporting Stephen Waguespack begin running ads today. La-Politics.com Publisher, Jeremy Alford…says with the governor’s race – their supporters are eager to have ads airing sooner than later to build name recognition.
Alford believes former Transportation Secretary, Shawn Wilson, the only Democrat in the race will make the runoff.
Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Attorney General Jeff Landry in the governor’s race. U-L-M Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says this is a significant development in the governor’s race as Trump is well-liked by Republican voters in Louisiana…
Trump says his endorsement message that Landry has been a fantastic A-G and he wants to stop crime. The former president also says Landry loves the people of Louisiana just like he does.