College athletics may never be the same after the NCAA House settlement allowing universities to pay their student athletes directly. All power schools and any other division one schools who elect to do so will be allowed to share up to $20.5 million of their annual athletic revenue with that cap increasing 4% each yea...

Governor Landry could call a special session so lawmakers can approve legislation to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from owning drug stores. Landry says this measure would lower prescription drug costs. But Monroe Representative Michael Echols believes his PBM Reform bill approved on the final day of the regular se...

The 2025 legislative session ended with drama over a pharmacy benefits managers bill and Governor Landry threatening a special session. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat said PBMs are the middlemen who manage pharmacy benefits. "They claimed to be the end all to you and your drug store and pharmacist getting your ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued a cease-and-desist letter to CVS over text messages the company sent to customers about House Bill 358, which would ban pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from owning pharmacies in the state. Murrill says people didn't sign up for this... "I don't think anybody who sign...

The case involving the 2023 shooting death of 51-year-old Chad Camp and the arrest of his son, Andrew Camp, was dismissed on Monday due to insufficient evidence. Chad was shot at home on April 15, 2023, and Andrew, then 17, was arrested for manslaughter the next day. Legal Analyst Franz Borghardt says Winn Parish Dist...