Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason.
It is very hard for me to say it, but 2022 is half over! In June I finished my third legislative session as Louisiana State Senator serving District 36, which includes much of Bossier, Bienville, Claiborne and all of Webster Parish.
As this year was a non-fiscal session, most legislation pertained to issues unrelated to the budget. However, Louisiana was flush with cash thanks to federal government aid for COVID and hurricane recoveries. Like my Republican colleagues in the Conservative Caucus, of which I am a founding member, I worked to ensure that this federal cash didn’t cause an unsustainable growth in state government spending. Last year, like many before it, one-time money from the federal government ($720 million!) was used to grow state recurring spending. This action among others led to the Conservative Caucus’s formation last year.
Qualifying dates for the 2022 Shreveport mayoral and city council races (and other elective offices on the November primary ballet) are July 20 - July 22.
Six Louisiana colleges, including one in Shreveport, and one Texas college faced evacuations Wednesday after bomb threats were called in, though all cases have ended so far with officials finding no evidence of explosives.
Custodial parents of four Caddo Parish public school students are being sought for failing to appear in juvenile court to answer for the actions of their truant children, Caddo Parish District Attorney James E. Stewart Sr. says.
Louisiana has enacted a law that lawmakers hope will crack down on catalytic converter theft. Governor John Bel Edwards signed
The Louisiana State Fire Marshal says a fatal fire in Springhill over the weekend broke out in a room where a man was reloading ammunition, causing an explosion.
MANSFIELD, La. -- A DeSoto Parish man is charged with attempted second-degree murder in connection with a shooting Tuesday that injured a man.
BATON ROUGE, La. – Governor John Bel Edwards has officially signed Senate Bll 143 (Act 680) of the 2022 Legislative Session into law.
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