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
Louisiana became the first state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms, under a bill signed by the Republican government. Jeff Landry on Wednesday. Legislation authored by the Republican Party mandates that a display of the Ten Commandments in poster format, in “large, easily readable print,” be required in … Read more
Louisiana became the first state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms, under a bill signed by the Republican government. Jeff Landry on Wednesday. Legislation authored by the Republican Party mandates that a display of the Ten Commandments in poster format, in “large, easily readable print,” be required in … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, along with employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to grant to workers on holidays and other workplaces. accommodations for abortions. Judge David Joseph granted the preliminary injunction … Read more
A large depression in the Gulf could develop by next week A tropical depression could form in the southwest Gulf and bring increasing rain chances to southeast Louisiana. Updated: 2:47 p.m. CDT June 14, 2024 TOMORROW EVENING. AND REALLY, THE REST OF YOUR WEEKEND. IT’S GOOD. NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT THE TROPICS, ABOUT THIS SYSTEM … Read more
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. — Louisiana judges could order surgical castration for people convicted of sex crimes against young children under legislation approved Monday, and if Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signs it, the State would apparently be the first to impose such a sanction. The Republican Party-controlled Legislature passed the bill giving judges the ability to … 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
HOUSTON (AP) — Severe storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail slammed Texas Tuesday, leaving more than a million businesses and homes without power as much of the United States was recovering from severe weather, including tornadoes, which killed at least 24 people during this period. on the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Widespread outages were … Read more