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BATON ROUGE – Louisiana lawmakers voted to join 27 other states that allow citizens to carry a concealed handgun without permits or training as a deterrent to crime.

A bill that would lower the age juveniles can be tried as adults from 18 to 17 passed a Louisiana Senate committee.

Louisiana's legislature reconvenes today in a special session aimed at fighting crime and restoring rule of law to our streets.

 

(The Center Square) — Louisiana lawmakers will consider two dozen items aimed at reducing crime during an extraordinary session next week, from constitutional carry, to the death penalty, to harsher

(The Center Square) — Louisiana lawmakers will consider two dozen items aimed at reducing crime during an extraordinary session next week, from constitutional carry, to the death penalty, to harsher

TURKEY CREEK - Senator Heather Cloud unequivocally expressed her support for Gov.

No one seems to like the state’s plan of letting heavy industry use Lake Maurepas as a storage site for carbon dioxide waste.

Louisiana officials expect to start housing the state’s most disruptive incarcerated youth at a revamped, high-security facility in north Louisiana next month. 

Five teens, three of whom the state recently removed from a youth lockup at the State Penitentiary at Angola, attempted a violent escape from a north Louisiana jail this week,