Louisiana's GOP governor cites fake laws to dodge questions: report

Republican Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana is dodging questions from the media by citing laws that don't actually exist, a local newspaper accused him Monday.

NOLA.com reporter Andrea Gallo detailed the governor's attempts to avoid requests for details about his government by claiming that public records would be “weaponized to stifle deliberative speech.” The journalist discovered that, during the first five months of Landry's term in office, he refused about a quarter of all public records...