While one poll shows State Treasurer John Fleming beating Senator Bill Cassidy in next year's Republican primary, the latest campaign finance report numbers tell a completely different story. According to the official numbers released by the campaigns, Cassidy raised $1.36 million in the first quarter of 2025, compared...

A state senator has a bill that would provide an alternative to the fortified roof grant program. Sen. Kirk Talbot (R-River Ridge) says grant program is popular - perhaps a bit too popular. "There's just never enough money to put into that program," says Sen. Talbot. "As soon as the program opens, it sel...

Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple has struggled to secure a meeting with Governor Jeff Landry, despite Landry's push to address the state's sky-high auto insurance rates, currently the highest in the nation. Temple says he's made every effort to talk but hasn't been able to engage in a substantive discussion with the g...

LSU football coach Brian Kelly spoke publicly this morning for the first time since the death of former Tiger football star Kyren Lacy. Lacy was one of Kelly's first signees out of the transfer portal after he arrived in Baton Rouge in November of 2021. "Kyren was a bright star. He had an incredible personality,&q...

Six parishes in Louisiana, Ascension, LaSalle, Sabine, Tangipahoa, Webster, and West Carroll are participating in a USDA-funded pilot project to promote healthier food choices among SNAP recipients. DCFS Assistant Secretary for Family Support Sammy Guillory says recipients will receive a 30-cent bonus for every dollar ...