NEW ORLEANS — Advocates for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse say they will ask Louisiana’s Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that wiped out 2021 legislation giving them a renewed opportunity to file civil damage lawsuits over their molestation. The ruling bucked a trend. Advocates say 24 other states have laws, upheld as constitutional, […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s Republican-dominated legislature concluded a two-week special session Thursday that was called to address one of the state’s most pressing issues – violent crime. During the session lawmakers passed a slew of tough-on-crime policies, including expanding death row execution methods, charging 17-year-olds as adults and eliminating parole for most people who […]
Police in Louisiana said Tuesday that an illegal immigrant from Honduras was arrested on charges related to a violent knifepoint robbery and the rape of a teenage girl. Kenner Police said Angel Matias Castellanos-Orellana, 19, was accused of armed robbery, rape, and assault and battery in connection to two separate incidents after he was taken […]
Sen. John Kennedy ripped President Biden for saying the media causes his flop in the polls, when his policies are what make him anathema in his state. Mr. Kennedy, Louisiana Republican, told Fox News Thursday that members of the media “have tried to help” Mr. Biden. “But in Louisiana, President Biden is about as popular […]
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