BATON ROUGE – Still fighting the Civil War, after hours of heated debate, the Louisiana House on Monday night approved a bill to protect Confederate monuments statewide. Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards on Tuesday called the bill “problematic,” impractical and unnecessarily divisive, but he did not say whether will veto it if it comes to
Louisiana House Passes Bill To ‘Protect Confederate Monuments’
The bill bars local governments and municipalities from removing plaques and statues for “military figures” and events, without a public vote.