The congressional map with a second majority-Black district passed in the special session is getting pushback. Republican St. Bernard Parish Representative Mike Bayham is among a group that plans to challenge the map in court. He says this map also separates a neighborhood in his own legislative district of St. Bernard Parish.
The map drastically changes the 6th congressional district currently represented by Republican Garret Graves. La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says if Graves’ is not re-elected, his days in politics aren’t necessarily over…
And Graves has been quoted as saying the “bonehead” Louisiana map could cost the GOP the House majority in Congress.
Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, who was the lone Republican in the state’s congressional district who voted in favor of The Biden Administration’s Infrastructure bill says the state will benefit immensely from investments in broadband. For example, in northwest Louisiana…
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And part of that investment Cassidy says is teaching and preparing students as young as elementary school for a career in computer science by learning coding.
State Police is forming a Troop Nola which will be in New Orleans beyond the Mardi Gras Celebration…
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That’s State Police Lt. Melissa Matey, she says they will have more than 130 troopers in the city for the Carnival season. It’s a partnership with Attorney General Liz Murrell’s office, the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office, and the New Orleans Police Department. Matey says the goal is for State Police to have a permanent presence in New Orleans