By Wes Muller | Staff Reporter
“New Orleans thinks they’re so special. … That parish is going to operate exactly like the rest of this state, and the people of this state want that.” – Gov. Jeff Landry, speaking at a press conference Monday.
Gov. Jeff Landry says New Orleans isn’t as central to Louisiana’s economic success as it once was. (Photo by Julie O’Donoghue/Illuminator)
By Julie O’Donoghue
Amid an ongoing power struggle between state Republicans and New Orleans Democrats, Gov. Jeff Landry said New Orleans is no longer as important to Louisiana’s economic success as it has been in the past.
A weather forecasting and monitoring network housed at the University of Louisiana at Monroe will double its number of forecasting stations across the region with $4.2 million dollars of federal money, the largest federal contract in the university’s history. (ULM Office of Marketing and Communications)
By Elise Plunk
A weather forecasting and monitoring network housed at the University of Louisiana at Monroe will double its number of forecasting stations across the region with $4.2 million dollars of federal money, the largest federal contract in the university’s history.
Leon Cannizzaro, former Orleans District attorney, has been appointed to the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana. (Credit: Matthew Hinton / Associated Press)
By Katie Jane Frenelius, Verite
Following his retirement from Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office, Leon Cannizzaro, 73, has been appointed to the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana — joining an independent 14-member body that conducts inquiries and investigations into justices and judges of all courts across the state on behalf of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
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