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The former head of the Louisiana State Police, who led the agency at the time of the troopers’ deadly arrest of the Black motorist Ronald Greene, agreed to publicly testify in state lawmakers' investigation into the state’s handling of the case.
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After weeks of debate, Republican state lawmakers ended Louisiana’s redistricting session by pushing through new congressional and state legislative maps that did not increase minority representation, despite Democrats’ and civil rights groups' claims that failing to do so could violate federal law.
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Governor John Bel Edwards voiced support for adding additional majority-Black voting districts to the state’s election maps at a press conference Monday, but refused to promise he would veto a map that did not accomplish that goal.
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The COVID-19 emergency proclamation was renewed once again for Louisiana for another 28 days, though Gov. John Bel Edwards hinted at finally terminating the order by or before its expiration date due to falling case numbers and rising immunity amid omicron.
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After three days of silence, Gov. John Bel Edwards has called a Tuesday afternoon press conference to address growing concerns about his handling of the death of Ronald Greene after an Associated Press report revealed that Edwards received a text message about the violent circumstances of the incident just hours after it occurred in 2019.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards rolled out an executive budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year that features significant new investments in education at every level and infrastructure projects.
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As the omicron variant pushes daily COVID-19 case totals to record highs and statewide hospitalizations eclipse the 2,000-mark, Gov. John Bel Edwards urged Louisianans to rely on vaccines and masks to stay safe but made no changes to the state’s COVID-19 mitigation measures.
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As the decennial redistricting session looms in Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday that he supports redrawing the state’s congressional maps to include two majority minority districts to better represent the state’s Black population.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards struck back Attorney General Jeff Landry’s recent lawsuit challenging a proposed state department of health rule that would add the COVID-19 vaccinations to the required list of immunizations for Louisiana school children starting next school year.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is moving forward with a Louisiana Department of Health plan to add COVID-19 vaccinations to the list of required immunizations for Louisiana school children, overriding the Republican-controlled state legislative committee that voted against the rule last week.