Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (AP) – Louisiana has long been reliably red. The Bayou State has voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election since 2000, with residents overwhelmingly supporting Donald Trump in the last two, and the Republican Party has held a majority in the state for years. But state politics have shifted even … Read more
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (AP) – Louisiana has become the first state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms, the latest move by a GOP-dominated Legislature pushing a conservative agenda under leadership of a new governor. The legislation passed by the Republican governor. Jeff Landry signed a law Wednesday requiring … Read more
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (AP) — Critics of a new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to come within 25 feet of a police officer in certain circumstances worry the measure could hamper the public’s ability to filming police officers – a tool that has Increasingly, this practice is used to hold the police to … Read more