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City Council

Shreveport City Council considers forming youth council | News | #citycouncil

SHREVEPORT, La. – The Shreveport City Council is considering creating a youth council to get young people more involved and informed with local government. However, not everyone is immediately on board. Councilman Alan Jackson suggests a youth council made up of local high school student body presidents. He says young people deserve a voice in […]

Mayor

3 in the race for Natchitoches mayor | News

NATCHITOCHES, La. – Natchitoches voters will make big decision during the election on Saturday; they’ll be voting on a new mayor. Candidates are incumbent Ronnie Williams Jr., former mayor Lee Posey, and newcomer James Below Jr. “I served on the City Council for 20 years. Mayor for eight. I am pretty familiar with this community. […]

Alabama

Alabama showdown looms between Carl and Moore | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The member vs. member primary in Alabama between GOP Reps. Jerry Carl and Barry Moore is exposing a growing rivalry as it enters its final week. The Super Tuesday contest will end the congressional career of one of the lawmakers, who are both in their second terms. In advertisements, both men have sought to paint […]

Alabama

Alabama IVF ruling spurs a GOP reckoning on conception bills | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The split over how states should handle fertility treatments could force some abortion opponents in Congress to reckon with their support of long-standing abortion bills. The Alabama Supreme Court’s Feb. 16 ruling that frozen embryos used in in vitro fertilization or IVF are humans has ignited a firestorm over how to address personhood laws in […]

City Council

Shreveport City Council plans to invest in crime prevention organizations | News | #citycouncil

SHREVEPORT, La. – Shreveport City Council members are strying to reduce crime by putting money towards organizations that help with crime prevention. Last year, Shreveport had 74 homicides. So far this year, 11 lives have already been claimed by violence. Councilman Grayson Boucher says investing in programs like the Gingerbread House will make a […]

Alabama

Court cases lead to new voting districts in some states. Could it affect control of Congress? | #elections | #alabama

Since most Americans last voted for Congress, thousands of people have been added to certain voting districts — and subtracted from others — under new political maps enacted following court rulings. The sum of that redistricting math, assuming no major political shift in either major party’s direction, figures to provide at least a one-seat gain […]

Alabama

Senate supplemental receives frosty reception from some members | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

A bill that would unlock tens of billions of dollars in national security supplemental funding and overhaul U.S. immigration policy at the southern border received a frosty reception from lawmakers in both chambers and across the political spectrum on Monday, casting doubts over the legislation’s future. The $118.3 billion package would direct some of the […]

Arkansas

Rare solar eclipse is set to become Arkansas’ biggest tourist attraction: Event will last only four minutes – but as many as 1.5 MILLION people will flock to the state in April

A rare solar eclipse will sweep across Arkansas this year and is expected to send 1.5 million people flocking to the state. Just two total eclipses have crossed through the state since it became part of the US after the Louisiana Purchase, the first in 1834 and the second in 1918. This year’s eclipse will pass […]

Arkansas

Arkansas Arts Council announces artists for the 2024 Small Works on Paper exhibition at MT

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Arkansas Arts Council announced on Tuesday the artist that will be part of the 2024 Small Works on Paper touring exhibition that will open at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center on Jan. 4, 2024, at 6 p.m. with a reception and artist talk. In its 37th year, the exhibition will […]

Arkansas

Arkansas groups want full federal appeals court to revisit ruling limiting scope of the Voting Rights Act

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Progressive advocacy groups in Arkansas on Monday asked a full federal appeals court to reconsider a three-judge panel’s ruling that private groups can’t sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act. The Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas State Conference NAACP asked for the case to go […]