The Louisiana Senate has approved its version of the budget for next fiscal year, albeit clearing only half the money for the L-A GATOR program as what Governor Landry had asked for. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Landry wants to expand the program so more families can receive state assistance to pay for private school or homeschool expenses.
If Congressman Clay Higgins has his way, all members of Congress would take a random drug test at least once per term. The Southwest Louisiana Republican has reintroduced the Exposing Congressional Drug Abuse Act. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says it allows Higgins to promote clean living and law and order.
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A Hammond man is arrested after his 21-month-old daughter dies in a hot vehicle in Madisonville over the weekend. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Lieutenant Suzanne (soo-ZAHN) Carboni says 35-year-old Joseph Boatman picked up his daughter after getting off work early Sunday morning.
Lieutenant Carboni says the girl was buckled into that car seat for more than nine hours in scorching hot conditions.
It appears that Anne Kirkpatrick’s leadership of the New Orleans Police Department is paying dividends. The latest survey by the New Orleans Crime Coalition shows public satisfaction with the New Orleans Police Department is now at 47-percent – that’s up from 40-percent a year ago and just 31-percent when Fitzpatrick took over as NOPD superintendent in 2023.