Today marks Governor Jeff Landry’s 100th day in office. Since January Landry has had two special sessions, one that was court-ordered for redrawing the state’s congressional map that also added the party primaries election structure, and another session focusing on crime. His first regular legislative session began last month.
La-Politics.com Publisher Jeremy Alford says the governor is now facing his biggest test… trying to convince lawmakers to hold a constitutional convention.
Cut 6 (11) “…as governor.”
A bill that would ban nitrogen hypoxia gas as a death penalty method advanced out of Senate committee Tuesday at the urging of the group “Jews against Gassing”. Aaron Block with the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans says the coalition’s firm position against execution by gassing is not suggesting a comparison to the atrocities committed by the Nazis but…
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Suspended LSU running back Trey Holly was in a Union Parish courtroom yesterday, pleading not guilty to the charge of illegal use of a weapon. Holly had faced a charge of second degree murder in connection to a shooting that wounded two people in Farmerville back in February, but a grand jury rejected that charge. Holley’s attorney Mike Small Small has requested to see the evidence against his client, whom he believes is not guilty.
The LSU Tigers are struggling to find their way through this baseball season. The team has found themselves at 3 and 12 in SEC play halfway through the season and with a hard road to make the postseason tournament. Baseball America analyst Teddy Cahill says that the Tigers have two options ahead of them if they want to make the field for the NCAA tournament.