A mass shooting erupted yesterday during a July 4th block party in Shreveport; leaving 4 person’s dead and 7 injured. Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith is sad and angry…:
CUT 07 (11) “…of gunfire.”
He asks that anyone with information please call Caddo Crimestoppers at (318) 673-7373.
State attorney General and candidate for governor Jeff Landry is spiking the ball, after a federal judge rules for the state in a suit over the White House allegedly colluding with social media giants to squelch free speech during the COVID pandemic and at other times. Louisiana joined Missouri is suing the Biden administration what they called a Censorship Enterprise, and Judge Terry Dougherty has ruled the allegations are true.
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin calls for lawmakers to override the Governor’s veto of a bill intended to help purge inactive voters from statewide voter roles. Ardoin says HB 646, sponsored by Sulphur Republican Rep. Les Farnum, was a good piece of legislation that passed with wide support in both chambers…:
CUT 09 (08) “…from signing it.”
The Governor’s veto statement says the bill is redundant, as there are already regular canvasses of the voter roles. Ardoin issued a written statement calling on lawmakers to reconvene and override the veto.
New Orleans Rep. Mandie Landry is one Democrat lawmaker who doesn’t think that will happen. She says a good number of the two-thirds majority vote needed to override are term-limited…:
CUT 04 08) “…and do this.”
Landrie spoke on Jim Engster’s “Talk Louisiana” radio program.