Mapping tool designed to save babies’ lives by helping identify safe haven sites Baton Rouge, La. — In an effort to prevent infant abandonments and save lives, the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) launched an online…
Category: Louisiana State Legislature
Walsworth: We should spend more money on education and not football fields
Louisiana State Senator Mike Walsworth told a crowd of locals today that North Louisiana should be more focused on education and not sports. The Monroe Chamber of Commerce held a Legislative Delegate Luncheon today at the Monroe Civic Center. Walsworth,…
It’s against the law to hide your license plate from the camera!
It’s now against the law to use technology to hide your license plate number from those cameras! Act 46 of the 2017 Louisiana Legislature makes it a crime to apply a covering or any substance to the license plate or…
Public officials can now accept disaster assistance
Public officials who are impacted by natural disasters can now accept disaster relief without worrying about being brought up on charges later. Act 30 of the 2017 Louisiana Legislature was signed into law by Governor John Bell Edwards which now…
Louisiana Congressman shot in Virginia
GOP House Majority Whip from New Orleans shot early Wednesday morning at baseball practice The House Majority Whip for the US Congress, Steve Scalise, was shot along with several others during a charity baseball game…
Jackson, Hunter differ on Deadbeat dad driver’s license bill
If deadbeat parents don’t pay child support, how does the government force them to comply? That was the subject of a bill passed in the Louisiana House of Representatives this week. On Monday, the House Appropriations committee unanimously approved House…