confederate monuments

A Rayne woman starts a petition to replace Confederate monuments with Britney Spears statues.

Shreveport State Representative Thomas Carmody won't revisit his proposed bill to let let communities vote on Confederate monuments. Carmody's bill passed on the house side last year, but did not make it out of a senate committee.

The City of New Orleans had four decisions to make regarding the filling of the spaces the former monuments occupied. Three of those decisions have been made.

According to Louisiana law, the monument removers appear to have broken a unique Louisiana law in the way they removed the Beauregard monument.

The Louisiana House passes legislation that would put the fate of Confederate era monuments across the state in the hands of voters.

The removal of Confederate era monuments in New Orleans has sparked new legislation that if passed, will give everyone a say in whether particular monuments need to be removed or left as a part of the story of our state.

KSLA reports that work has begun to remove the first of four Confederate monuments in New Orleans, Louisiana.