Houma-Thibodaux area teachers can get COVID vaccines during extended hours. Here's how houmatoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from houmatoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Terrebonne and Lafourche are usually gearing up for Mardi Gras parades this time of year, but state restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 have changed that.
Houma-Thibodaux mark coldest Mardi Gras on record Tuesday houmatoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from houmatoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Community: The new districts should keep communities intact, honor shared interests and minimize geographic sprawl.
Transparency: The process for drawing new voting district boundaries should be open for all citizens to observe and provide input.
Equality: The new districts should reflect the “one-person, one-vote” principle by giving every person equal representative power. Specifically, it should avoid practices like "packing," concentrating a constituency's voting power in one district to reduce their voting power in other districts, and "cracking," diluting the voting power of a constituency across many districts. And the resulting makeup of legislative and congressional districts should accurately reflect the racial diversity of the communities they represent.
State officials said Tuesday that they have received $26.7 million in money from BP oil spill fines to start work on the Houma Navigation Canal lock system.
Tyler Gray, president of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, said the action will cost jobs in communities like Houma-Thibodaux and Lafayette, which are heavily dependent on offshore jobs.
Business and energy industry officials expressed concern Tuesday about possible economic damages for Louisiana caused by restrictions by President Joe Biden.