Governor Jeff Landry has signed his first bills into law. They come from last week’s special session and they include a measure that will bring party primaries to federal elections in 2026. Lapolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says the governor wanted closed party primaries for nearly all elections, but didn’t push the issue…
Landry also signed the Congressional District map that makes the 6th district a majority minority district. Republican Garret Graves’s sixth district looks much different with this new map as it extends from Shreveport to Baton Rouge. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says Senator Cleo Fields may challenge Graves and believes he could win…
Cut 8 (09) “…African-American district.”
New Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Madison Sheahan is new to the Pelican State and the 26-year-old from Ohio is committed to making the Sportsmen’s Paradise as great as it can be…
Sheahan says since taking office, she’s been meeting with staff to see how the state agency can run more efficiently…
State Police is forming a Troop Nola which will be in New Orleans beyond the Mardi Gras Celebration. Louisiana State Police Public Information Officer, Lt. Melissa Matey says they anticipate sending more than 130 troopers to the Crescent City for Mardi Gras.
Cut 13 (06) “…of New Orleans.”
Matey says it’s a partnership with Attorney General Liz Murrell’s office, the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office, and the New Orleans Police Department.