Four constitutional amendments are on Saturday’s ballot. The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana has a nonpartisan guide available for voters. PAR president Steven Procopio says Amendment one gives the Louisiana Supreme Court the authority to discipline out of state -lawyers and it gives the Louisiana legislature the authority to create specialty courts not limited to parish and judicial district boundaries…
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A funeral honoring former four-term U.S. Senator from Louisiana, J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. will be held Saturday in Washington D.C. at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church. Johnston passed away Tuesday after a brief illness. He was 92. Johnston was first elected to office in 1972 and in his role as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, he held the first ever Congressional hearing on climate change. Johnston is survived by his wife of 68 years, Mary Johnston and their four children.
A tornado watch is in effect Friday until 7:00 P.M. for Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vernon Parishes and there’s the potential for heavy rainfall for southwest Louisiana and the Alexandria area today and tomorrow. LRN Meteorologist Bill Jacquemin…
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More than half of the Canadians who were scheduled to appear at the Great Acadian Awakening in Lafayette in October have cancelled their plans to attend and President Trump’s tariffs and talk of making the country the 51st state are the reasons they say. Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser told Jim Engster on Talk Louisiana that he’s very concerned.