
Treasurer John Fleming has questions for Orleans Parish schools on extravagant expenses
Treasure John Fleming has some questions for Orleans Parish schools for questionable expenditures thanks to a new law requiring schools to submit expenses to the K-12 school transparency website. Fleming says two-thousand dollars was given to Act Blue. "Which is a Democratic political organization. Government mo...
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House Transportation approves bill to prohibit drivers from using handheld cellphones
The House Transportation Committee approved a bill Monday that would ban drivers from using a handheld cell phone while driving. Slidell Representative Brian Glorioso says a person behind the wheel more focused on their phone than the road is a threat to other motorists. "The data shows that distracted driving, us...
15h ago
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PSC wants answers on SWEPCO power outage
PSC Commissioner Foster Campbell wants to know why there was a 6six-hour unplanned power outage on Saturday, with over 30-thousand SWEPCO customers in Bossier and Caddo Parishes. SWEPCO Spokesperson Michael Corbin says that due to a directive from the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the regional transmission organization. ...
20h ago

Two new facilities will soon transform LA Tech campus
Louisiana Tech's campus will soon be transformed with two new buildings aimed at strengthening academic success and research. One of them is the new Origin Bank Academic Center for Student Athlete Success. "It is a building devoted to giving academic support to our scholar athletes. They are students first, and we...
21h ago

Novak, Griffin win Zurich Classic
Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin have their first PGA Tour victories, winning the 2025 Zurich Classic at the TPC Louisiana in Avondale. Novak and Griffin finished at -28, one stroke better than brothers Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard. Players competed in teams of two; the first and third rounds were played using the be...
Apr 28, 2025