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Gov.-elect Landry picks State Police leader, teases New Orleans crime-fighting plan
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has picked a Crescent City native to lead Louisiana State Police and plans to expand
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Political scientist labels La. the ‘least-interested electorate I’ve ever seen’
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – Forty years ago, Louisiana’s charismatic former Gov. Edwin Edwards wallopped incumbent David Treen in a gubernatorial primary election
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The critical need for Governor John Bel Edwards to call a special session before the end of his term took on an even stronger importance in federal court last Monday ... ACLU Justice Lab files suits against La. law enforcement
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer As the calendar ticks over into a new year, the ACLU of Louisiana has collected information on hundreds of race-driven cases of violence and abuse by law-enforcement ... Despite the New Orleans City Council pardon in August, marijuana convictions remain on criminal records
By Nick Chrastil The Lens In August of last year, the New Orleans City Council passed legislation aiming to effectively decriminalize marijuana possession in the city. In addition, they passed a blanket ... La. doesn’t allocate enough money to domestic violence services, audit finds
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer Louisiana isn’t able to provide services to all the domestic violence victims that seek them and five state laws meant to combat domestic violence aren’t consistently enforced, ... LSU to handle Title IX cases ‘from a trauma-informed perspective,’ says new Pres. William Tate
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – On his first day on the job, new LSU President William Tate spoke Tuesday (July 6) about the sexual misconduct scandal that has ... Advocates push to change economic policy to help the underpaid
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Eight days after Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed a bill that at the end of July will terminate the state’s payment of ... ‘We all deserve to keep our children’: Grandmother calls attention to La.’s high infant, maternal mortality rates
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Argarette Weatherspoon-Collins told the Louisiana Senate Committee on Health and Welfare Wednesday (April 14) that her daughter Jessica, then six months pregnant, went to see ... Bill to streamline sales tax collections in Louisiana clears first hurdle
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Louisiana House Ways and Means Committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would create a centralized state agency to streamline sales tax collections in the ...
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