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Publisher and community activist Gary Chambers Jr., D-Baton Rouge, speaks about his campaign for the 2nd Congressional District seat after signing up for the race on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. Chambers, a political newcomer in Louisiana whose adept use of social media drew notice when he finished strong in a U.S. House race last year has posted an online video ad certain to draw more attention and, perhaps, campaign donations — it shows him smoking marijuana while decrying racial disparities in arrests for the drug. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

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In ad, Senate hopeful smokes pot, slams arrest disparities
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,01/18/22-2:06PM , 90 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A political newcomer in Louisiana whose adept use of social media drew notice when he finished strong in a U.S. House race last year has posted an online video ad certain to draw more attention and, perhaps, campaign donations — it shows him smoking marijuana while decrying racial disparities in arrests for the drug.
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Official: Too soon to say if omicron has peaked in Louisiana
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,01/13/22-12:55PM , 110 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana officials said Thursday that they hope the state is nearing a peak in new COVID-19 infections driven by the omicron variant — which health experts blame for the state's fifth surge in new cases and hospitalizations — but they don’t yet see data indicating the peak has arrived.
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Tony Spell, pastor of the Life Tabernacle Church of Central City, La., prays with supporters outside the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on June 7, 2021. Spell's lawsuit over Gov. John Bel Edwards’ past COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings was rejected for a second time Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, by a federal judge. Spell garnered national attention in March 2020 when he began to flout the state’s public health order at a time when much of the country was in lockdown over the emergence of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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Court dismisses Louisiana pastor's virus restrictions suit
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Wed,01/12/22-6:14PM , 103 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana pastor’s lawsuit over Gov. John Bel Edwards’ past COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings was rejected for a second time Wednesday by a federal judge.
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US Judge: Baton Rouge must end retaliation against lawyer
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,01/11/22-4:53PM , 96 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An attempt by Baton Rouge officials to have an attorney found in contempt of court for releasing video of a controversial arrest was a “bad faith” effort to retaliate against the attorney for exercising his free speech rights, a federal court judge has ruled.
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