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Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore speaks at Baton Rouge Press Club
Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore speaks at Baton Rouge Press Club By WAFB Staff | May 3, 2021 at 7:11 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 7:11 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - One of Louisianaâs own, retired Lieutenant General Russel Honore, spoke at the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday, May 3.
Recently, the US House speaker put him in charge of doing an assessment to prevent another attack on the Capitol, like what happened on January 6.
Talk about people coming to the Capitol to cause harm didnât make it to the FBI director,â said Honore. âIâm giving it to you as an observation. That wasnât my mission to look at that. My mission was to look at how did we have an intelligence failure. Why didnât we know?â
Louisiana gasoline tax increase draws mixed response
A Louisiana lawmaker predicted Monday his proposed 22-cent increase of the state’s gasoline tax will attract a “groundswell” of support this year, despite the failure of similar efforts in 2017 and 2019.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has said he will not throw his support behind the tax increase. In a weak economy, he said, he doesn’t think the change can attract support from at least two-thirds of the legislators in each chamber, which is necessary for any tax increase.
Rep. Jack McFarland, a Winnfield Republican who addressed the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday, however, said investing more in Louisiana’s ailing infrastructure would help the state recover from the COVID-19-related recession.
(The Center Square) – A Louisiana lawmaker predicted Monday his proposed 22-cent increase of the state’s gasoline tax will attract a “groundswell” of support this year, despite the failure of
A Louisiana lawmaker predicted Monday his proposed 22-cent increase of the state’s gasoline tax will attract a “groundswell” of support this year, despite the failure of similar efforts in 2017 and 2019.