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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An outpouring of legislative opposition and a likely threat of...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An outpouring of legislative opposition and a likely threat of...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An outpouring of legislative opposition and a likely threat of...

BATON ROUGE, La. -Louisiana state government does little to screen the nursing home natural disaster evacuation plans required by law or to ensure that nursing homes carry out those plans

Putting this formula into practice could mean a loss of legislative seats for north Louisiana, particularly in the greater Shreveport region.

Once again, a legislative petition to in some form or fashion revoke the states coronavirus restrictions is in play.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana wont be expanding the state Supreme Court, after...

A bill that would require DCFS to search for family members of recently-fostered children within 30 days of taking custody of them passed.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two new seats would be added to the Louisiana Supreme Court, under a measuring nearing final legislative passage Monday that is expected to create at least one new majority-minority district on the high court and require a redrawing of districts for the first time in decades. Sen. Patrick McMath, R-Covington Sen. Jimmy Harris, D-Shreveport The proposal, co-sponsored by Republican Sen. Patrick McMath and Democratic Sen. Jimmy Harris, received the backing of the...

State Sen. Patrick McMath wants all Supreme Court districts to have equivalent populations. | Louisiana State Senate The number of justices on the Louisiana Supreme Court would increase from seven to nine under a bill that easily passed the state Senate last week. SB 163, authored by state. Sen. Patrick McMath (R-Covington), passed the Senate by a vote of 36-2 on April 27 with bipartisan support. The aim of the bill is to ensure that the districts from which justices are...