The Bossier City Council sought to launch a legal advisory opinion on the recent Term Limits petition and in at least two City Council meetings engaged in an adversarial exchange with Weston “Wes” Merriott and as we’ve previously reported have taken more and more aggressive actions to stifle free speech and public commentary during city council meeting citing “disruptive” behavior.

According to reports, Shreveport City Councilman Gary Brooks has retained legal counsel and stated he intends to pursue legal action against former Clerk of Council Shanerika Flemings and other parties who he states made statements against him that were “slanderous and defamatory.”

We were all a bit taken aback by the fact that although some cities, (we cited Evansville, IN) recommended that children 14 and under not view this show we definitely weren’t prepared for what we found with a little more digging on Ticketmaster.

'RuPaul's Drag Race: Night of the Living Drag' tour is making a one-night-only stop in Shreveport and that’s news by itself. But at AGR, we examined this story and found something a bit odd, a difference between the Shreveport showing and others around the nation that could indicate a problem.

The controversy of Texas Street’s blaring music, brawls and shootings has raged on for months unanswered by a City Council beset with division and scandals on racial and partisan lines while ultimately the people and businesses of Shreveport suffer. Is it time to enact a special ordinance for the Entertainment district itself? Or will a total overhaul of ordinances on noise and public disturbances be necessary.

The fallout from the Shreveport City Council isn’t going away any time soon.

Grace Anne Blake was sworn into office as a Caddo Parish Commissioner on September 5th will only hold the seat until the next election which will be on Oct. 14th.

The Tiger Island Fire, which is approximately 50% contained as of this report, has been ruled as arson according to Louisiana State officials. The largest wildfire in the history of the state which has destroyed over thirty thousand acres or about 50 square miles and damaged 20 homes and structures was set intentionally according to the Louisiana State Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF).

Once again, Louisiana’s, favorite U.S. Senator John Neely Kennedy in an Op-Ed to the Shreveport Times has done what so many others in the Republican party have failed to do as we discussed yesterday: he brought the national issues home to Louisiana and framed them in the appropriate context for Louisiana voters.

Shreveport City Council Chairman James Green might need to check his ‘privilege,’ his political privilege that is. During an August 22 city council meeting Green implied that the recent scandal around his unauthorized Council clerk office pay raises was motivated because the employees affected “just happen to be of color.” Green even went so far in his homily that “anybody in America know we that of a color we don't go by the same rules,” as to claim that he was recently pulled over “while driving black.”