Thomas Carmody

Rep. Thomas Carmody says, "The state's got to have some more revenue. The problem we've had...is trying to find a consensus of the super majority of both chambers."

Shreveport State Representative Thomas Carmody won't revisit his proposed bill to let let communities vote on Confederate monuments. Carmody's bill passed on the house side last year, but did not make it out of a senate committee.

Governor John Bel Edwards signed a bill into law on Tuesday that tightens up restrictions on auto manufacturers selling directly to consumers, like the current Elio Motors business model calls for.   HB 167 was authored by Shreveport Rep Thomas Carmody, and was intended to clean up some of the language that existed in laws that are already in place. Ess...

Rep. Thomas Carmody tells about this bill that would call for a local, popular vote before any monument celebrating military veterans could be moved.

A Shreveport lawmaker is dropping his proposal to name the Bible as the state book of Louisiana.