Republican Jeff Landry entered the race for Louisiana governor yesterday. Landry took only two questions from the media covering qualifying at the Secretary of State’s Office. He was asked about increasing teacher pay. Landry’s mother was a school teacher and says the focus should be on what’s best for the children…
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Five main candidates for governor have qualified and two more are expected to join the field today, Republicans Stephen Waguespack and Richard Nelson.
A groundbreaking ceremony is underway for the construction of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion in Belle Chase. Executive assistant to the governor for coastal activities, Bren Haase, says a gated control structure will be built into the levees near Myrtle Grove, and that will allow sediment to flow into the wetlands, which will help build land in an area that‘s experiencing some of the highest rates of land loss in the world…
First Lady Donna Edwards is involved in an initiative to connect over 4,000 in the state’s foster children with faith-based families, communities, and organizations. First Lady Donna Edwards says there are over 4,000 churches in the state. She says if one church could recruit at least one family that helps every child, each potential foster parent, resolving challenges and providing solutions…
Governor John Bel Edwards has directed the Louisiana Pardon Board to review the clemency applications from 56 death row inmates. Last month, the panel decided not to take them up, on the grounds they were not filed within a year after the inmates’ final appeal was denied. King Alexander with Louisiana Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty believes the board should honor Edwards’ request.
Last month, the state pardon board returned the clemency applications with no action, after Attorney General Jeff Landry issued a legal opinion saying the board’s own rules prohibit them from hearing them. But Edwards says the Pardon Board rules do allow for consideration.