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
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Lawyers fighting for the release of documents involving a 2023 Nashville elementary school shooting pleaded with a judge Monday to finally issue a ruling settling the case, their request taking a tone more desperate amid the recent release of leaked documents about the shooter. . It was the latest hearing in … Read more
Elected officials from both political parties spoke out Wednesday against efforts by Democratic state leaders to try to challenge a ballot initiative to reform Proposition 47 in November. A decade ago, Proposition 47 eased penalties for drug and theft crimes. The initiative to restore penalties and prison terms for thieves and fentanyl traffickers has qualified … Read more
Vermont became the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damages caused by climate change after the state suffered as a result. catastrophic summer floods and damage caused by other extreme weather conditions. Republican governor. Phil Scott allowed the bill to become law without his signature … 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