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(KTAL/KMSS) – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson released a statement Tuesday after House Democrats blocked his amendment to federal highway legislation that would require the Secretary of Transportation to accelerate the environmental review process for the I-49 Inner-City Connector (ICC) project in Shreveport. According to a news release, Johnson introduced the amendment in an… Read more »

Congressman Mike Johnson talks about Monday's Supreme Court decision striking down a Louisiana law requiring abortion clinic doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The decision is a major victory for abortion rights activists and a huge disappointment to conservatives as the court overturned the Louisiana law that had been in place in 2014. Chief Justice… Read more »

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana abortion law Monday in a ruling that will reverberate throughout America. A majority of the justices ruled the 2014 law by Louisiana state Sen. Katrina Jackson, D-Monroe, that requires doctors who perform abortions to have hospital admitting privileges illegally restricts access and is an undue burden to women. Chief Justice John… Read more »

Frustrated with the amount of time it’s taking for funding to be secured and work to start on Shreveport’s Inner-City Connector project, federal, state, and local leaders joined Shreveport business and community leaders for a virtual press conference to push for movement on the project. “We haven’t even reached the first milestone yet,” U.S. Rep. Mike… Read more »

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Eviction bans across the country and here at home are beginning to expire, or will soon, during this coronavirus pandemic. Between that fact and an estimated unemployment rate of 16 percent by late this summer, a new study predicts homelessness will jump by 40 to 45 percent by the end of the year. That’s according to an analysis by Columbia University… Read more »

The coronavirus pandemic has brought a lot of attention in Washington to the Chinese Communist Party and its behavior, especially its influence operations inside the United States. Lawmakers are now calling for action against Beijing’s “United Front” activities, which are designed to interfere in our politics and society without our realizing it. Lots of countries try to spread… Read more »

The push by some far-left activists to defund local police departments found no support at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on policing practices and law enforcement accountability. Wednesday's hearing, in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department, heard from a range of ideologically disparate… Read more »

Holding a series of virtual town hall meetings was United States Representative Mike Johnson (R-Bossier City), who represents Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District which includes Evangeline and Allen Parishes. During the meeting held Thursday, June 4, for residents of Evangeline Parish, Congressman Johnson geared his opening remarks to what he called “the big issue facing… Read more »

(KTAL/KMSS) – Louisiana State Representative Mike Johnson delivered opening remarks about the death of George Floyd during a Capitol Hill zoom meeting Wednesday. Johnson weighed in on the death of Floyd who died in police custody after an officer was filmed with his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes while he was handcuffed, face down, and saying he could not… Read more »

BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04), a member of President Trump’s Task Force for Reopening America, today released the following statement in response to Governor Edwards’ announcement that Louisiana will enter Phase 2 of reopening the state’s economy on Friday, June 5: “Louisiana has made real progress in dealing with the… Read more »