An innocent man was arrested after being falsely identified by authorities in Louisiana using facial recognition technology. The use of the tech led to the mistaken arrest of 28-year-old Georgia man Randall Reid on a fugitive warrant, the defendant's attorney said. Reid was jailed on November 25 in DeKalb County,…

Two Louisiana Democrats have been jailed after being convicted on voter fraud charges in Louisiana, according to reports. Former Amite Police Chief Jerry Trabona and current Councilman Kris Hart were sentenced to prison for conspiring to buy votes and multiple counts of buying votes. As Slay News previously reported, the…

The state of Louisiana is divesting its treasury funds from Larry Fink's investment company BlackRock. Louisiana's Republican state treasurer John Schroder issued a warning that BlackRock's "woke" Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) investing threatens Americans' "economic freedom and individual liberty." In a letter to World Economic Forum member Fink, BlackRock's…

Residents of New Orleans have reached their limit with the city's Democrat Mayor LaToya Cantrell and have formally filed a recall petition. The Louisiana Secretary of State’s office confirmed the recall petition against Cantrell was filed on August 26. The petition was filed by Eileen Carter and Beldon “Noonie Man”…

Two top city officials in Louisiana have pleaded guilty to criminal charges of violating federal election laws in a vote-buying scheme, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Former Chief of Police in Amite City Jerry Trabona, 72, and current Amite City Councilmember Kristian “Kris” Hart, 49, pleaded guilty to…

The U.S. Supreme Court handed a huge with to the GOP by allowing the Louisiana state legislature to use the Republican-drawn congressional map for the 2022 midterm elections. A federal judge had previously ruled the Republican-drawn map violated the Voting Rights Act and ordered lawmakers to redraw the state’s six…