State lawmakers are expected to get to work this week on the debate over drawing up a new Congressional district map. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the current map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says one factor that makes this map drawing exercise more complicated is that you have three state lawmakers running for Congress…
State lawmakers have already given final approval to a one-point-five billion dollar plan for coastal protection and restoration. It a project which will divert fresh water from the Mississippi River into the second-largest coastal forest remaining in Louisiana. Amanda Moore with the National Wildlife Federation
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Louisiana has allocated one-point-five billion dollars on coastal protection and restoration projects next fiscal year, but one group remains upset the Landry administration cancelled two large river diversion projects. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A federal judge on Sunday granted a temporary restraining order, blocking a new Louisiana law that would have eliminated the Orleans Parish criminal clerk of court office, allowing clerk-elect Calvin Duncan to take office as scheduled Monday.