Baton Rouge Representative Dixon McMakin is calling for an overhaul of Louisiana’s AMBER Alert system after a delay in request for two missing Loranger girls. Baton Rouge Representative Dixon McMakin sent a letter to the governor saying the current system is tedious and overcomplicated.
Police records showed it took 3 hours to issue an alert after Erin and Jalie Brunett were reported missing last week
Louisiana’s law requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in public classrooms is receiving national attention and groups like the ACLU say they plan to fight it in court. Author of the legislation, Haughton Representative Dodie Horton believes it will withstand the challenge.
Governor Jeff Landry has signed House Bill 684, which re-establishes a black bear hunting season in Louisiana. LDWF Large Carnivore Program Manager John Hanks says the measure establishes how the money will be spent from black bear hunting license application fees and the black bear hunting license itself…
Cut 13 (11) “…species.”
The season will take place in December in a handful of parishes in northeast Louisiana.
Governor Landry also signed legislation giving the Louisiana Workforce Commission the responsibility of spearheading state workforce changes and solutions. They will empower the Department of Education to expand access to high school and university internships and apprenticeships. LWC Secretary Susana Schowen (sh-ow as in ouch-en)…