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- BY TYLER BRIDGES and MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writers
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Gov. Jeff Landry wants to enact the most sweeping overhaul of Louisiana’s tax system in 50 years next month, with a series of changes which he said Tuesday would revitalize a state that has no…
- BY MARK SCHLEIFSTEIN | Staff writer
A federal magistrate judge in New Orleans has reversed course and will allow three environmental groups and a Buras charter fishing company to intervene in support of the proposed Mid-Baratari…
- BY ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writer
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“Conservative voices are being silenced on college campuses across our country, and Louisiana will not stand for it,” Landry said in a social media post on Tuesday.
- BY ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writer
"I think that the opportunity to bring our mascot back on that field is an unbelievable opportunity," Landry told reporters gathered at LSU on Tuesday.
- BY TYLER BRIDGES | Staff writer
Charles Boustany spent 12 years as a Republican representing Acadiana in Congress.
- By JAMES FINN | Staff writer
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The cluster of buildings forms a community unto itself in the heart of New Orleans' Central City.
- BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer
After years of lagging pay and staffing shortages, Head Start educators in Baton Rouge are poised to see pay raises soon under a proposal pending approval by the federal agency that oversees t…
- BY TYLER BRIDGES | Staff writer
As always, the monthly Pineville City Council meeting began and ended with a prayer on Sept. 10.
- BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER | Staff writer
East Baton Rouge Parish voters will soon decide whether to switch from a chief administrative officer solely appointed by the mayor to a city-parish manager also approved by the Metro Council.
- BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writer
Budget cuts to the already-embattled and understaffed Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services could mean gutting the agency’s emergency shelter programs and diminishing child abus…
- BY ANTHONY MCAULEY | Staff writer
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Gov. Jeff Landry appointed the personal attorney of his close confidante Shane Guidry as chairperson of the Port of New Orleans and the Public Belt Railroad, using newly expanded powers over s…
- BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer
WASHINGTON — U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the two Louisiana pols in charge of the lower chamber for the past 11 months, left Washington to ca…
- BY TYLER BRIDGES | Staff writer
The death of a South Korean influence peddler several days ago calls to mind one of the many political scrapes involving Edwin Edwards, Louisiana’s notorious four-term governor who died in 2021.
- BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writer
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Aly Rau, a former assistant secretary for the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, will now serve as deputy secretary for that agency, officials announced this week.
- BY ALYSE PFEIL AND MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writers
The practicing physician, a rural family medicine doctor, told state lawmakers he is not currently recommending Covid-19 vaccines to his patients.
- BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer
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WASHINGTON – In November, Acadiana U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins likely will receive a vote on being censured by the House for a social media post about Haitian migrants that drew widespread condemna…
- BY ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writer
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T. Jay Seale, III, a Hammond business attorney appointed to the Regents by John Bel Edwards in 2017, said the appointment was "illegal" and "offensive."
- BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER | Staff writer
A monthslong battle came to a head Wednesday night, when Metro Council members approved the termination of a 10-year-old agreement allowing the Scotlandville High School Alumni Association to …
- BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writer
Lawmakers are preparing for the fiscal fallout from a 2021 Louisiana law which could trigger automatic tax rate cuts next year that would widen an anticipated budget shortfall the state is alr…
- BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER | Staff writer
With a little more than a month until the Baton Rouge mayoral election, the gloves are off and the race is getting fiery.
- BY ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writer
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Jacques Thibodeaux, director of Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, told a panel of state lawmakers Wednesday that the agency received “an inquiry” in March from…
- BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus moved Wednesday to censure Acadiana U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins for calling Haiti the “nastiest country" in the Western Hemisphere, adding that immigrant…
- BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER | Staff writer
Now that St. George has officially become Louisiana’s fifth-largest city, it is clear that East Baton Rouge Parish will need to start handing over St. George's share of tax money.
