An emotional Jay Morris took to the Senate floor to discuss death threats made against him. The Republican from West Monroe says one of the voice mails left at his legislative office threatened to carry out a mass shooting….
Cut 10 (06) “…family”
Morris is at the center of the redistricting debate as he has legislation to reduce the number of Black majority districts to one or zero. A leader of the Louisiana Democratic Party claims Morris used a racial slur during a heated debate in Senate Governmental Affairs, which Morris denies doing.
We have hit the stretch run towards Saturday’s May 16th primary. ULM political science professor Pearson Cross says expect a bevy of negative ads Bill Cassidy, John Fleming and Julia Letlow try to get into the Republican US Senate primary run-off…
Cut 7 (09) “…margin of error”
Governor Jeff Landry has signed a law that allows for the first ever recreational alligator hunting season in Louisiana. Franklin Senator Robert Allain, who authored the legislation, says recreational alligator hunting tags will be awarded through a lottery system…
Cut 6 (08) “…get two tags”
The recreational alligator hunting season will be announced at a later day. There’s already a commercial alligator hunting season and the reality TV show “Swamp People” helped grow interest in alligator hunting.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has announced details about this year’s Black Bear hunting season. LDWF Large Carnivore Program Manager John Hanks says the season will take place in December and 42 tags will likely be issued with most of the tags issued for Bear Management Area four, which is northeast Louisiana…
Cut 15 (11) “..excited about it”