A new study out of Tulane finds that Louisiana is making slow progress in electing minorities and women to judgeships. Professor of Political Science Sally Kenney says racial minorities are 36% of the state’s population, but non-white judges were only at 22 percent. She says women judges comprised less than 32 percent of all state and federal judges in Louisiana…:
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Kenney adds it’s up to citizens to commit to equal justice under the law and stay vigilant to see any progress is not reversed.
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy says drug traffickers can pay for the proposed U-S Mexico border wall. Cassidy says billions of dollars in drug money crosses the border each year and he says the US is only intercepting a fraction of it…
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A former Monroe children’s TV show host will now have to register as a sex offender for his inappropriate conduct with a child during a 1979 camping trip. Jeff Palermo has more…
The water is running in Talluah again, but the city is under a boil order. The city has seen it’s share of rough times in trying to get water running again. Last night, a homeland security vehicle bringing water to the city had a blowout and was delayed in arriving. The Mayor plans to address the water issues in a press conference Saturday.