Louisiana
This Week in Louisiana Politics: Broadband, income tax and Joe Biden in New Orleans
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — On This Week in Louisiana Politics, lawmakers are calling an investigative hearing to get to the bottom of the Orleans Parish District Attorney moving to re-sentence a number of inmates before a new law went into effect.
Also, the state has to dole out over $1 billion of federal money by the end of the year to expand broadband. Small town leaders say there has been communication issues and damage to their utility lines during construction of the fiber optic lines.
New Orleans saw a city-wide boil water advisory after a balloon hit a power line. It isn’t the first time and officials want to make a change.
Plus, President Joe Biden made a visit to Tulane University to talk about cancer research. Hear what he talked about in his speech.
Latest News
Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to BRProud.com.