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Bill to limit gubernatorial terms to two, filed for regular session
Legislation to place a lifetime limit of two terms as governor in Louisiana has been filed for the upcoming regular session. Chalmette Republican, Representative Mike Bayham said serving as governor i...
Feb 28, 2024 Governor's mansion in Baton Rouge
Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple seeking fewer regulations as the answer to rising property insurance premiums
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple is discussing his agenda for the upcoming regular legislative session. Temple says he'll ask lawmakers to put more state dollars towards the popular fortifi...
Feb 27, 2024
Officials urging Louisianans to use extreme caution due to dry and windy conditions when lighting anything on fire
State officials are urging residents to be extremely cautious about lighting anything on fire after dry and windy conditions contributed to a record number of wildfires over four days. State Agricultu...
Feb 27, 2024 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters / CC
Update: Suspected murderer back in custody after gaining freedom for a short time
Update: Leon Ruffin is back in custody. He was apprehended after short time of freedom. Authorities located Ruffin at a hotel in New Orleans East. A manhunt continues for a murder suspect who escaped ...
Feb 27, 2024
Louisiana Farm Bureau president Jim Harper will not seek 4th term
The Louisiana Farm Bureau announces President Jim Harper will not seek a fourth term instead he's opting to spend more time with his family. Bureau spokesperson Avery Davidson said this ends Harper's ...
Feb 27, 2024 Jim Harper
Kanter resigns as state health officer
State Health Officer Dr Joe Kanter who led the state through the COVID pandemic has resigned. When Louisiana was among the first state's hardest hit with COVID Kanter became a daily fixture providing ...
Feb 27, 2024 Former LDH State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter
Lemelle named the next president of Grambling State
Grambling State University has chosen Dr. Martin Lemelle to serve as its 11th president. Lemelle is a 2006 graduate and served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer at GSU from 2...
Feb 27, 2024 Dr. Martin Lemelle, President of Grambling State University
Bill to add more ways to carry out death penalty advances from Senate Judiciary
A bill to expand methods to carry out the death penalty and to provide protections for those involved, like drug companies that provide the ingredients used for lethal injection, passed in Senate Judi...
Feb 26, 2024 Photo by Brooke Thorington
Convicted murdered escapes and pepper sprays deputy while be transported back from hospital
51-year-old Leon Ruffin, who's been in custody for second-degree murder in the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center, escaped from the parking lot of Ochsner Westbank Sunday and drove off in a deputy's...
Feb 26, 2024
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump seeking justice for the family of an inmate who died in Avoyelles Parish
Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump was in Avoyelles Parish on Monday as he's representing Jerome Stevenson. He died while in custody at the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's jail in Marksville last November. An i...
Feb 26, 2024 Jerome Stevenson
