Republican Jeff Landry was sworn in as Louisiana’s 57th governor as the sun set on Baton Rouge yesterday. The inauguration was moved up a day, because of expected bad weather today. Landry made a call for unity and he also discussed one of his campaign themes, making Louisiana a safer place. He says too many families are ripped apart by violence…
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Landry is planning to hold a special session in February to pass legislation that could roll back some of the criminal justice reform measures approved in 2017.

The southern half of the state is bracing for the possibility of severe weather today. Southeast Louisiana could see the strongest storms. Tornadoes and flash flooding are possible, large hail and also severe wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour.

A new Louisiana Legislature gets sworn in today. Lapolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford expects Governor Jeff Landry to have a lot of success with his agenda because of a Republican supermajority in the House and Senate.
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Metairie Republican Cameron Henry is expected to be elected as Senate President today. Eunice Republican Phillip DeVillier is expected to be elected as House Speaker.

Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields believes Governor-elect Jeff Landry will listen to the concerns of Democrats…
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After electing their legislative leaders, the next order of business will be a special session to redraw the Congressional district map. A redistricting session is scheduled for next week.