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The Louisiana Fortify Homes Program will open its third round grands of up to $10 thousand to replace roofs to fortified standards begins today at noon. Teiko Foxx has more…

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State Police Superintendent Col. Lamar Davis, announced over the weekend he will retire January 8th. During his tenure, Davis advocated for policy changes and worked to gain the trust of the public.Davis will retire the same day Republican governor elect Jeff Landry is set to take office.

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Two Powerful Democratic Representatives in the Louisiana House are in a run off for a State Senate Seat.  Neither former Shreveport Mayor, Cedric Glover and Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, Sam Jenkins is term limited in the house and

LSU Shreveport Political Science Professor Jeff Sadow says that makes this run for senate a risk, but the seat is open.

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Constitutional Amendment one on the November 18th ballot seeks to clarify what happens when legislators call for an override veto session, while in a regular or special session. The situation came up in 2022. Lawmakers were in a regular session, but called for a veto session to override the governor’s veto of the Congressional map.

Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana President Steven Procopio saysthat’s when they realized there was no rule on how to handle it.

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