Category Archives: News
Cost of LA Gator Scholarship Program to be considered in House Appropriations
The Louisiana Gator Scholarship Program bill, also known as Education Savings Accounts, goes before House Appropriations today. How much it will cost the state to fund and implement the program is a c...
Apr 02, 2024 Photo by Brooke Thorington
House pass legislation that would impose fines of up to $50,000 on businesses and government entities that mandate COVID-19
The Louisiana House approves a bill that could result in fines of up to $50,000 on hospitals, public agencies, and other employers for mandating the COVID-19 vaccine. Bill sponsor, Monroe Representati...
Apr 01, 2024 Jernej Furman / CC
ASAP, aka Waitr closes shop
ASAP, the Louisiana-based food delivery company formally known as Waitr, announced its closure over the weekend. UNO business professor Mark Rosa said in the business world there are winners and loser...
Apr 01, 2024
What to know in Louisiana before the April 8th eclipse
On Monday, April 8th a total solar eclipse will darken the skies for those lucky enough to be in the narrow band of land stretching from Texas to Maine. LSU Planetary Astrophysicist Dr. Natalie Hinkel...
Mar 29, 2024 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC
12-year-old with rare terminal cancer deputized in Mansfield
Mansfield, Louisiana Mayor Thomas Jones said the March 25th council meeting will go down as one he'll never forget after the small city deputized 12-year-old Davarjaye "DJ" Daniel of Houston. It was t...
Mar 29, 2024 12-year-old Devarjaye "DJ" Daniel, of Houston, in Mansfield, Louisiana March 25, 2024.
Constitutional convention bill filed. Author hopes they can approve a new state constitution in a efficient manner
New Iberia Representative Beau Beaullieu has filed legislation that calls for a constitutional convention so state lawmakers and delegates appointed by the governor can write a new state constitution....
Mar 29, 2024 Rep. Beau Beaullieu
LSU's Kim Mulkey concentrating on winning games, not the Washington Post
LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey met with reporters on Friday ahead of the Lady Tigers Sweet 16 matchup against UCLA. The first question was about whether she had heard from the Washington Post...
Mar 29, 2024 Courtesy of LSU athletics
Bossier City woman charged with attempted kidnapping of a hospitalized infant in Baton Rouge
A Bossier City woman faces attempted kidnapping charges after telling her estranged boyfriend an infant at Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital in Baton Rouge was their child. BRPD spokesperson Da...
Mar 29, 2024 21-year-old Dinesty Selmon. Courtsey of BRPD.
House approves legislation to ease workload of Louisiana teachers
Proposed legislation introduced during the regular session aims to ease the workload of educators. But some concerns loom regarding its potential repercussions on school curriculums. Vernon Parish Rep...
Mar 29, 2024
Grass carp weighing 92 pounds caught in Lake Concordia during LDWF sampling
A whopping 92 pound, nearly 50 inch Grass Carp was captured in Lake Concordia in Ferriday. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist Shelby Richard (Ree-shard) says the carp was taken d...
Mar 28, 2024
