The Monroe City Council has hired Monroe-based civil rights attorney Carol Powell Lexing to prepare its legal challenge to Act 452 which allows the governor to appoint the city’s police and fire chief. The controversial legislation allows Louisiana’s governor to…
Council characterizes new fire chief as DEI appointment whose best qualification is that he is white. Governor Jeff Landry’s appointment of Bastrop Fire Chief Timothy Williams as Monroe’s new fire chief has ignited an explosive racial and political controversy, deepening…
In a special-called meeting held Monday at the Monroe Civic Center, the Monroe City Council voted 3-2 to file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a newly enacted state law that grants the governor authority to appoint a fire or…
Mayor Friday Ellis will be appointing a new fire chief following the retirement of Chief Terry Williams, who served the Monroe Fire Department for 36 years. The selection process has drawn attention due to its potential political implications and the…
