A ban on kratom in Louisiana is now one signature from Gov. Landry from becoming law. The House has followed the Senate's lead in overwhelmingly voting to ban the supplement sometimes known as "gas station heroin." The House vote on the bill by Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, was 86-6. Rep. Debbie Villio, R-K...

The Alliance for Affordable Energy is urging the state and utility regulators to take steps to prevent another massive outage like the one New Orleans experienced Sunday night. The alliance's clean grid manager, Yvonne Cappel-Vickery, says the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) should not be the ones to bl...

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network held Cancer Action Day at the State Capitol on Tuesday. Louisiana Government Relations Director Alic Kline says the rally was to advocate for increased funding for tobacco prevention and cessation programs. "Tobacco use is still the number one cause of preventable...

I don't know if you could draw it up any better for LSU to get back to the College World Series. The Tigers first game on Friday is against Little Rock, who is making its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 14 seasons. The Trojans are 24-32 and won five games in four days as an eight-seed to win the Ohio Valley Confere...

One public service commissioner says there could be more blackouts like the one in New Orleans Sunday; and if there are, you could blame President Trump and Elon Musk. More than 100,000 people in and around New Orleans were thrust into darkness in a series of rolling blackouts Sunday. Commissioner Davante Lewis says th...