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The Senate Committeee on Judiciary C sent a message to adults who bully children on the Internet when they advanced House Bill 1259 today that offers greater punishment for adults that bully children on the world wide web....

Elena Kagan, President Obama’s nominee to take the retiring Justice John Paul Stevens’ seat on the Supreme Court, is unlikely to face a filibuster from the Republican Party. However, many Senate republicans have said she

The House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice involuntarily deferred House Bill 103 last week. The rejected bill would have criminalized exposing undergarments and the “cleft of the buttocks.” The...

Bobby Jindal has not made it a secret that he would like for the Lieutenant Governor office to be abolished in the last few months. With the recent departure of Mitch Landrieu to be the Mayor of New Orleans from the post, he

The Louisiana House of Representatives’ Criminal Justice Committee approved a group of bills that will help make it easier for nonviolent criminals to get out of jail earlier. The proposal of bills will now proceed to the...

In 1990, the Louisiana legislature instituted a tax whereby drug dealers would be required to buy tax stamps and attach them to bags of drugs or face stern penalties if they were caught without them. Louisiana’s Marijuana...

By Ed Anderson, The Times-Picayune January 25, 2010, 7:14PM Gov. Bobby Jindal’s Task Force on Driving While Intoxicated and Vehicular Homicide agreed Monday to look into the possibility of increasing fines and penalties

By Laura Maggi, The Times-Picayune January 15, 2010, 4:00PM 11wbshepherd4Susan Poag / The Times-PicayuneAs his attorney John Reed, his mother Margie H. Richardson and father Eddie Shepherd stand by his side,State Sen. Derrick

House Bill 445 by Rep. Damon Baldone, D-Houma, went into effect at midnight, doubling from six months to a year the length of time drivers can lose their license for refusing a first-time test. Subsequent refusals within five

This week, a bill was passed in the Louisiana House of Representatives that bans talking on handheld cellphones (and text messaging) when you’re driving.  This isn’t law yet — it still has to meet with...

On Friday, disgruntled Blockbuster customer enyaWeCurB posted a story of dissatisfaction with Blockbuster Videos, complete with giving the phone number of BB’s local Sherman Oaks branch store, for those who wish to let

Viacom has sued Google for $1,000,000,000.00 (yep, a billion dollars) for copyright infringement because YouTube has stuff on it from shows Viacom owns.  Google says No Problemo:  they’re complying with the Digital...

TMZ.COM has pointed out that Paris Hilton had to serve jail time, while Scooter Libby didn’t … and their post includes surveys showing that the American public believes both should have done their time.  Over at

Annoying and wasteful, that’s the nicest thing you can say about all this stuff.   Junk mail is especially threatening to the environment: just look at some of the facts that the Native Forest Network has accumulated:

This morning, more pet food recalls: the Vets Choice and Royal Canin brands of dog and cat food (dry this time, not like the earlier cuts-and-gravy foods) have been recalled by the manufacturer. On April 10th, MenuFoods...

Over the weekend, three more pet food makers announced recalls of pet food products, joining MenuFoods — which recalled over 60 Million cans/pouches of pet food within the past two weeks. Hill’s Pet Nutrition,...