Brief: Lafayette House delegation splits on concealed carry bill
Gov. John Bel Edwards has vowed to veto any bill removing the training requirement, but both the House and Senate versions passed by more than a two-thirds vote.
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Robert Buckman
Robert Buckman, Ph.D., is a retired journalism professor who taught at UL Lafayette from 1989-2017. He earned his bachelor's in journalism and master's in political science from Texas Christian University and his doctorate in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. He covered the Texas Legislature for a Fort Worth weekly from 1981-86, which he says was "the most fun I ever got paid for."
Brief: ‘Stop Social Media Censorship Act’ stalled in Senate
The bill is up for reconsideration Wednesday.
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Brief: Land swap for Lafayette fire station passes House
The university wants to develop the fire station property for possible residential housing, while the city wants to build a new, larger Fire Station No. 5 on the Cajundome Boulevard tract.
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Legalizing recreational marijuana may still be up to parishes, municipalities
The provision raises the potential for “cannabis commuting” much the way people commute to casinos.
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GOP faces choice between cops, gun rights advocates on concealed carry bill
The bill forces Republican lawmakers to choose between two core constituencies, gun rights advocates and police officers. So far, in Louisiana, the advocates seem to be winning out.
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Bill would expand, restructure North Lafayette Redevelopment Authority
The legislation could make it easier to move blighted properties and redevelop economically beleaguered North Lafayette.
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Edwards delivers some hard-sells to Legislature — again
His hardest sells will be carbon reduction and increasing the current $7.25 minimum wage, a political hot potato that Edwards lobbed squarely into the Legislature’s lap.
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