Governor Jeff Landy is fed up with violent crime and continues to blame judges for not imposing the proper punishment on young offenders. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Little bit of a scare after the music ended Saturday night at Festival International in Lafayette. 19 year old Jai’Quan Pierre was arrested after brandishing a firearm at a crowd, prompting an officer to discharge their service weapon. We’re told noone was or injured during the incident.
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A bill heading to the House floor seeks to give the governor and statewide elected officials a significant pay raise. Harahan Representative John Illg is proposing that the governor’s salary be 35 percent of the average base pay for Louisiana’s university system presidents, and for other statewide elected officials, it would be 30 percent…
Speaking of making more money, one of the three Democratic candidates in the race for US Senate had some thoughts to share on raising the minimum wage in a recent debate. Candidate Jamie Davis.
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Davis, Gary Crockett and Nick Albares spent 45 minutes answering questions on a wide variety of topics, all three taking aim at the Trump administration’s immigration policies.