About 200 people were on hand Tuesday night to celebrate the 59th anniversary of the Ouachita Multi-Purpose Community Action Agency. The event, held at the Monroe Civic Center, celebrated CAP’s nea 60 year history of helping the poor and needy…
Tag: Senator Katrina Jackson
Despite suit, Jackson says black women are not “B****es”
State Senator Katrina Jackson says no one has a right to call black women “bitches” on her social media accounts, and she’ll meet her accuser in court. The Senator released her statement last week after the Tulane University First Amendment…
Senator Jackson on self quarantine after testing positive for COVID
Prayers for a speedy recovery are going up for Senator Katrina Jackson who tested positive for COVID-19. Tuesday, Senator Jackson posted the following message on her Facebook page: “This morning, I woke with Sinus like symptoms and a fever. I…
Legislators bring home the bacon for local groups, agencies
Local legislators returned this year’s session with a bag full of funding goodies for local communities, church groups, and civic enterprises. As the state’s fiscal year begins a number of the city’s non-profits and churches have been successfully pegged to…
Senate bill by Jackson could close case on Harris’ bogus 2010 conviction
If a bill sponsored by Senator Katrina Jackson becomes law, it could finally close the file on a wrongful conviction that wrongfully ended the political career of a former Richwood Mayor. Jackson is sponsoring SB 334 which will eliminate…
Female lawmakers OK with abortion ban if Roe vs Wade is reversed
If the U.S. Supreme Court reverses Roe vs. Wade, a new state law and a constitutional amendment supported by two Northeast Louisiana female lawmakers that bans all abortions after a heartbeat is detected will go into effect. This week a…
Roadshow participants ask for minority equity as state redistricting looms
By Victor C. Clark Free Press Contributor In what is being billed as a “Legislative Roadshow” the Louisiana Legislature is crisscrossing the state giving information and hearing concerns before elected leaders prepare to redraw district lines for the next ten…