By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
We’ve got a wealth of news to share on this Wednesday.
The Louisiana Supreme Court building in New Orleans’ French Quarter (Wes Muller/LAI)
By Julie O’Donoghue
A Louisiana senator is proposing a state constitutional amendment to allow legislators and the governor to remove judges from the bench, all the way up to justices on the Louisiana Supreme Court. The bill says judges can only be removed for “gross misconduct, malfeasance or incompetence” but doesn’t include a definition for those words.
Aristide Economopoulos for NJ Monitor
By Julie O’Donoghue
Though Louisiana has permissive gun laws, there are tight restrictions on who can have a concealed gun on their person at the State Capitol. Legislators and the attorney general are currently the only elected officials allowed to carry weapons inside the Capitol currently.
A driver pumps gas at a Royal Farms in Columbia, Md., as rising fuel costs put pressure on household budgets nationwide. (Photo by Amanda Watford/Stateline)
By Amanda Watford
Gas prices are climbing again across the United States — with little clarity on where they are headed next — spurring proposals for state gas tax holidays in the hopes of offering drivers some relief.
By Jacob Fischler
Transportation Security Administration officers are struggling to afford basic necessities as they approach their second missed full paycheck since a funding lapse began last month, union leaders say.
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By Richard Wexler
No place does child welfare well, but there are a few places that do better than the rest. At one point, one of them was in Louisiana.
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