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15 Jul 2016, 2:00 pm by Jeff Butschky
” MADD reports that since Oregon, Arizona, Louisiana and New Mexico passed their all-offender ignition interlock laws, those states have seen drunk driving deaths drop by more than 30 percent. [read post]
10 Jul 2016, 11:32 am by Jim Walker
The governor of Minnesota commented that he was "appalled" by the shooting of Mr. [read post]
10 Jul 2016, 8:38 am by John Floyd
There has always been something fundamentally flawed about the relationship between the police and black people in this country. [read post]
5 Jul 2016, 7:30 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
” These findings came in part from a comparison of New York’s approach to community reconstruction to those used by Louisiana and Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. [read post]
30 Jun 2016, 9:30 pm by Justin Daniel
Supreme Court reversed the criminal conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell in a case that turned on whether the former governor had committed or agreed to commit an “official act” in exchange for gifts—rejecting the prosecution’s “boundless interpretation of the federal bribery statute,” the Court held that the District Court’s instruction on what constitutes an “official act” was too broad and that simply… [read post]
30 Jun 2016, 9:01 pm by John Dean
The plaintiff states—listed in the order they are found on the pleadings: Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Maine, North Carolina, Mississippi, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, Michigan, Nevada and Tennessee—all have either Republican governors or legislatures, or both, not to mention most of them have long records of being… [read post]
28 Jun 2016, 3:15 pm
” After the Texas law passed the state senate, the lieutenant governor tweeted a map showing the expected clinic closures that the law would cause, exclaiming, “We fought to pass [the Texas law] through the Senate last night, and this is why! [read post]
27 Jun 2016, 2:12 pm by George Ticoras, Esq.
On June 23, the special session of the Louisiana Legislature adjourned. [read post]
24 Jun 2016, 6:54 am by Joe May
The case brought by the Louisiana Republican Party addresses restrictions on how state and local political parties use soft money to influence federal elections. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 7:31 am
Chris Christie of New Jersey and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana traveled to the United Kingdom recently to try to burnish their foreign policy credentials. [read post]
The first equal pay amendment became effective on January 1, 2016. [3] Louisiana’s equal pay bill was recently rejected in the state House committee, despite passing the Senate and having strong support from Governor John Bel Edwards. [read post]
8 Jun 2016, 2:33 pm by Jeffrey D. Lieberman
Effective August 1, 2016, unless vetoed by the Governor, the Louisiana Legislature will have amended the Risk Fee Statute, La. [read post]
8 Jun 2016, 2:33 pm by Jeffrey D. Lieberman
Effective upon signature of the Governor, the Louisiana Legislature will have amended the Risk Fee Statute, La. [read post]
3 Jun 2016, 5:40 pm by Deborah Hammonds
On May 25, the Governor released the following statement in response: “It is my obligation as the Governor of Louisiana to responsibly lead in developing and implementing best policies and practices across executive agencies so that state government operates in a manner worthy of the people of Louisiana. [read post]
27 May 2016, 8:22 am by Mark Casper
[JURIST] Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards [official website] on Thursday signed into law an amended hate crime bill [text, PDF] including police, EMS personnel and firefighters in the category of those protected. [read post]
26 May 2016, 9:04 am by Taylor Isaac
The states—Texas, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Utah, and Georgia—as well as the Arizona Department of Education and the governor of Maine assert 10 claims against the guidance provided by the administration earlier this month, ranging from procedural claims to constitutional arguments.... [read post]
20 May 2016, 3:00 am by SOG Staff
The New York Times and Right on Crime are each reporting that South Carolina and Louisiana appear poised to raise the upper age of juvenile court jurisdiction in those states from 16- to 17-years-old. [read post]