Senate Governmental Affairs approves legislation to give the governor the authority to choose the chairperson and officers of state boards and commissions. Governor Landry believes it’s important the politics of the board align with the governor’s and currently that’s not the case 100-percent of the time…
The measure was approved without objection.
Legislation to allow judges the discretion to sentence one who commits sexual crimes, and the victim is under the age of 13 to surgical castration clears the Senate on a 29 to 9 vote. Bill sponsor Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says way too many children are being molested and raped…
The bill now heads to the House.
The search continues for the person who fatally shot the driver of an 18-wheeler in what authorities in Caddo Parish describe as a road rage incident. Sergeant Casey Jones with the Sheriff’s office says it happened Tuesday morning on I-20 in Greenwood and the driver of the 18-wheeler was seen trying to flee on foot before he was shot by the driver of an SUV…
Anyone with information is urged to call the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Department.
A new morning consult report finds Republican John Kennedy among the top ten most popular U-S Senators. Kennedy does not make many public appearances or speak to Louisiana media members. But LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says Kennedy appears on conservative-leaning news outlets like Fox News…
Cut 11 (08) ” …that resonate.”