When it comes to the people caught up in our criminal justice system, the first 24 hours are the most crucial. From the second a person is locked behind bars, a countdown is underway for them to get released from jail in 24 hours or less ...
Citywide WiFi for use by LUS Fiber customers is on the drawing board, LUS Director Terry Huval says. “We’re planning a phase-in of it, a slow phase-in.” ...
“I didn’t pull the bill because of David Vitter,” says state Rep. Jack Montoucet. “I did it because it was the right thing to do.” ...
It wasn’t until later that staffers discovered the maneuver had occurred after the session’s 6 p.m. deadline ...
After several years of mid-year budget cuts, redirecting money from state reserve funds and privatization efforts, lawmakers felt they were left with few other choices than to go after business to fully fund health care and higher education ...
In March of 1989 the Legislature approved a plan that was later backed by voters to implement a 4-cent gas tax increase to bankroll 16 infrastructure projects. Since then, the TIMED program has been met with widespread criticism that transportation priorities ...
At the same time Revenue Secretary Tim Barfield was playing a lead legislative role for Gov. Bobby Jindal this session, primarily trying to make sure lawmakers avoided a net tax increase, other politicos were encouraging him to run for mayor of Baton ...
Historic gubernatorial election patterns, which tend to favor underdogs, may not necessarily bode well for Vitter, but the latest poll from Southern Media and Opinion Research shows he would be the heavy favorite if the race were held today ...
Tony Clayton, a special prosecutor for the 18th Judicial District Court, is considering a run for governor as speculation grows about the impact an African-American Democrat would have on the early, all-white field ...
There’s no shortage of super PACs in this year’s gubernatorial race, meaning the special political action committees that can raise unlimited amounts of money but cannot coordinate with the candidates and campaigns they’re spending cash on ...