West Monroe Senator Jay Morris says he and his legislative staff have received death threats after he was accused of using a racial slur during a heated committee hearing on proposed Congressional District maps. Morris blames the leaders at the Louisiana Democratic Party of using lies to generate hate…
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The executive director of the Louisiana Democratic Party Darius Lanus says Morris told him, a Black man, to “Shut up, Boy.”
Monuments taken down may have new life, thanks to a bill advancing in the legislature. Chalmette Representative Mike Bayham’s bill would transfer any publicly-owned historical statue or monument removed from public display to the Office of State Parks. Bayham says it’s a good compromise.
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Bayham’s legislation could result in the Confederate monuments taken down in New Orleans in 2017 returning to public view at a State Park.
Governor Landry has signed Senate Bill 244 into law. The legislation makes it legal for Louisiana to hold a recreational alligator hunting season. The bill’s author is Franklin Senator Robert Allain, who notes that Louisiana’s alligator population has now topped three-million, and there are not enough commercial alligator hunters to get it under control.
The Louisiana Wildlife Fisheries Commission will establish how tags will be distributed and when the season will take place.
The LSU baseball team’s season will likely end sometime next week at the SEC Tournament. Unless the Tigers win the SEC Tourney, they will miss the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2011. Tiger Rag Editor Glen Guilbeau says coach Jay Johnson will get to work quickly after the season ends.