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On the day before the first anniversary of the January 6th insurrection, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy warned politicians to watch what they say because their rhetoric has consequences.
After two years on the Metro Council, Racca seeks position on 19th JDC bench.
Louisiana’s two U.S. senators, who had trashed talked their Republican colleague Sen. Roger Marshall, of Kansas, over TaxAct Texas Bowl, on Wednesday had to come up with some Louisiana delicacies after LSU lost the game to the Kansas State Univers…
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State Rep. Ted James, a newly-named federal administrator for the Small Business Administration, said Wednesday he plans to resign his House seat on Jan. 28 and endorsed another Baton Rouge attorney to succeed him.
A significant portion of Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s “State of the City” address Wednesday focused on crime — how it has gotten worse East Baton Rouge Parish and the money she’s allocating toward initiatives to curb it.
Kansas U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall made the rounds on Capitol Hill Tuesday placing bets with his Louisiana colleagues in the upper chamber on which team will win the TaxAct Texas Bowl tonight.
Health insurance companies practice of charging extra for people needing “out-of-network” emergency treatment was ended on New Year’s Day by legislation Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy helped sponsor with a Democratic colleague whose seat has be…
After months of waiting and delays, residents of East Baton Rouge Parish this week will get their first look at the first draft of required maps of new districts for their elected representatives on the parish School Board.
Louisiana's medical marijuana program will offer raw, smokable cannabis to its patients, and the state will tweak its calculations for state income taxes as more than two dozen new laws take effect Saturday with the start of the new year.
Louisiana will expand its Medicaid program in January to provide coverage to more children with developmental disabilities whose parents made too much money to qualify for the taxpayer-financed insurance under prior eligibility rules.
Veteran state Rep. Ted James, a Baton Rouge Democrat, was named as a federal Small Business Administration administrator Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
Louisiana's maximum weekly unemployment benefit is set to go up by 11% Sunday, the first increase in more than a decade.
Louisiana's federally-funded cash assistance programs, with payments near the bottom nationally, will be doubled starting Saturday after remaining stagnant for more than two decades, state officials said.
When Steve Kenny first received a check from his insurer for Hurricane Ida damages, he thought finally he’d have the money to repair his St. Charles Parish home.
John G. Davies, president and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, is retiring at the end of this month after 33 years leading a philanthropic organization that has grown from $5 million to $722 million.
Utility regulator Foster Campbell asked the Public Service Commission to reconsider its vote to award a $44,650 contract to a long-time friend of fellow commissioner Eric Skrmetta.
Many people would be happy picking up the latest Paula Hawkins thriller to while away the holiday.
More than two years after Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Louisiana would help pay for renovations to the New Orleans Superdome, officials Thursday finally agreed to a financing deal that will have the state contributing up to $54 million toward t…
Baton Rouge attorney and former LSU baseball player Jordan Faircloth announced Thursday he's running for the 19th Judicial District Court seat being vacated by retiring Judge William Morvant.
With one-third of Louisiana's population identifying as Black, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday it's only fair that two of the state's six congressional districts include a majority of Black voters, suggesting a veto may be on the table if lawm…
Gov. John Bel Edwards is hosting his end-of-the-year press conference at 12 p.m. Thursday where he'll take questions from reporters on the biggest stories from 2021 — and give his predictions for 2022.
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Attorney General Jeff Landry and a Republican state lawmaker filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block Gov. John Bel Edwards from adding the COVID-19 vaccines to the list of shots students are required to receive to attend schools and universities.
Gov. John Bel Edwards plans to take a deep dive into Louisiana's history of racism over Christmas break, listing off his winter reading list on his monthly radio show Wednesday.
Drew Brees may have been all-in for locating a casino near Slidell, but the St. Tammany Parish voters were not – at least the ones who participated in Saturday’s referendum. Casino owners now have 60 days to decide whether to reopen their facility…
Gov. John Bel Edwards notified state lawmakers Tuesday that the Louisiana Department of Health will move forward with adding the COVID-19 vaccine to the list of shots required for students to attend schools and universities, overriding the Legisla…
As a scientist at LSU, Dr. Catherine O'Neal knew the COVID-19 vaccines had undergone rigorous safety testing before they were made available for children. But when the time came to sign her own kids up for the jab, the mother of three experienced …
The Louisiana State Police detective in charge of investigating whether troopers used excessive force in the killing of Black motorist Ronald Greene testified Monday to a legislative committee that he had raised concerns up his chain of command an…
Longtime criminal defense attorney Carson Marcantel, who also is a former local prosecutor, won a seat on the Baton Rouge City Court on Saturday, defeating lawyer Terrel "TK" Kent in a special election.
Within two weeks of Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ March 11, 2020, suspension of most business activities in hopes of slowing the spread of COVID-19, protesters showed up outside the Governor’s Mansion carrying signs saying “JBHitler, free Louisiana!”
A normally fractious U.S. House of Representatives came together to provide money for more research and better access to experimental treatments for people afflicted with ALS.
Voters in six parishes across the capital region will decide several tax issues Saturday, while some in East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes will select judges.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, incensed by an LSU professor’s tweet calling his assistant a “flunky,” demanded this week that the university’s president do something to punish the professor.
Though the arrest of a suspect refocused attention on the two October shootings that killed two and injured 10 on Grambling State University campus, a new wall around campus that the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors approved Thu…
Ascension Parish voters will be asked Saturday to settle a runoff for justice of the peace and to renew the parish health unit property tax.
Louisiana State Police, which came under intense scrutiny after several recent beatings of Black motorists, reported Tuesday that incidents in which troopers used force against suspects decreased 25% in 2020, compared to the previous year.
After a series of excessive-force incidents that left several Black motorists beaten, one dead, and four troopers facing criminal charges, Louisiana State Police Superintendent Lamar Davis told legislators Monday that the agency has "a lot of work…
East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council member Erika Green will resign Jan. 1, setting up a potential March 26 election to fill her seat.
Louisiana lawmakers voted Monday to reject Gov. John Bel Edwards' proposal to require students get vaccinated against COVID-19 before entering school, though the Democratic governor has said he intends to override legislative rejection and move fo…
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ plan to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the required immunization schedule for students at K-12 schools has energized a wave of opposition from mostly Republican state lawmakers, who are gathering in Baton Rouge Monday…
Mark Ballard: Despite claims from the politicians, stimulus spending not the only cause of inflation
Just prior to Thanksgiving, U.S. Sen. John N. Kennedy took to the Senate floor to say, correctly, that this holiday season people would see more expensive groceries and gasoline because of the steepest inflation in 31 years.
The legislative road tour has been hearing conflicting ideas about how to redraw Louisiana’s six U.S. House districts to best fit the state’s shifting population.
Former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s group, America Next, has gotten involved in New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate race, according to WMUR-TV in Manchester, N.H.
Louisiana's top school board may pick a president this month against the backdrop of an investigation that has divided current president Sandy Holloway and state Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley.
Nearly three out of four public schools and districts showed drops in their school performance scores in the pandemic-plagued 2020-21 school year, according to results posted Friday.
Though much is still unknown about the new omicron variant of COVID-19, vaccinations remain Louisiana's best defense at preventing another deadly surge in cases and hospitalizations, according to the state's top public health official, Dr. Joe Kanter.
As questions swirl over what the newly discovered omicron variant of COVID-19 will mean for the pandemic in Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards is holding a press conference at 11 a.m. to offer the public updates on the state's response.
Louisiana will receive $101 million as the first installment of federal money from the recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The Livingston Parish president projected a promising economic outlook in the year ahead while reflecting on the gains of 2021 in a speech to the local chamber of commerce Wednesday.
The legislature approved 29 projects – spending $22.9 million of federal money – to upgrade ancient water systems for small municipalities and rural parishes around the state, including those in Harahan, Livonia, Independence, and Port Barré.
Usually, when state lawmakers gather in Baton Rouge to consider new regulations on insurers, they shy away from additional restrictions out of fear it will upset the marketplace.