Author Archives: Jeff Palermo

Louisiana's first entry in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will make history Thursday as the longest float in the parade. Lt Governor Billy Nungesser said Celebration Gator, a 60-foot-long float, w...

The Thanksgiving holiday travel crunch is upon us with experts predicting more than 53 million people will hit the air, roads and waterways to share the love and dinner with others. That's up 13 perce...

Louisiana is marking its second-largest seasonal over-the-month increase in employment in decades. That's the word from Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Cates who says the ongoing recovery from Hurr...

The Louisiana Department of Health is proposing to add COVID-19 vaccines to the list of required shots for some students. It's a move Governor John Bel Edwards supports. "It would be totally, I think,...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wane, the cruise business is picking back up in places like New Orleans. Jessica Ragusa, communications director with the Port of New Orleans, says next year shou...

President Biden orders 50 million barrels of oil to be released from the strategic reserve in an effort to reduce energy costs. LSU Center for Energy Studies, Executive Director David Dismukes said th...

State Lawmakers plan to hold a three-week special session in February on Redistricting. Speaking to the Baton Rouge Press Club, Crowley Representative John Stefanski says lawmakers are close to comple...

Governor Edwards announces $11.3 million has been secured to help residents recover from the 2020 hurricanes along with flooding that severely damaged homes in Lake Charles. It's a combination of fund...

Sports reporter Glen Guilbeau with Outkick.com reports Baylor Head Coach Dave Aranda, Louisiana's Billy Napier, and Iowa State's Matt Campbell are the three finalists to replace Ed Orgeron as LSU's he...

Governor Edwards and other officials today marked the completion of the $125 million I-10 widening project between I-49 and Breaux Bridge. The ribbon-cutting involved the replacement of more than seve...