Category Archives: News
Dual enrollment statewide increases for third year straight
For the third straight year, the number of Louisiana high school students taking college courses while in high school has increased. More than 32 thousand students enrolled in courses at colleges duri...
Feb 22, 2024 Commissioner of Higher Education, Kim Hunter Reed
So far so good for Landry's tough on crime agenda in the special session
Today begins the fourth day of Governor Jeff Landry's special session on crime and ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross believes the hard-nosed conservative with the help of the legislature w...
Feb 22, 2024
Morehouse Parish man cited for killing black bear
45-year-old George Mosely of Oak Ridge faces hundreds of dollars in fines and possible jail time in connection with the killing of a Black Bear and other hunting violations. Adam Einck with the Louisi...
Feb 21, 2024
Bill to add protections to state executions advances to House
Lawmakers debated the privacy portion of a bill to protect the names and drug manufacturers involved in the executions of death row inmates. In House Governmental Affairs, Hammond Representative Nick ...
Feb 21, 2024 Hammond Rep Nicholas Muscarello (R) in House Governmental Affairs Feb 21, 2024
Legislation to lower the age of a person charged as an adult to 17 advancing at State Capitol
A bill that would Repeal the Age Act that went into effect in 2019 is making its way through the legislative process. The legislation approved in 2017 raised the age to 18 at which a person charged wi...
Feb 21, 2024 whitesun12
Entergy Louisiana celebrate renewable energy exceeds coal output milestone
Entergy Louisiana announces its renewable power is exceeding coal in energy production for the first time. Director of Resource Planning Laura Beauchamp says this is a significant milestone for the co...
Feb 21, 2024
Bill to add more ways to carry out death penalty advances from House Criminal Justice
A bill to expand methods used 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 House ...
Feb 21, 2024 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
USDA Census shows the Bayou State lost more than 2,000 farms between 2017 and 2022
According to the USDA, Louisiana lost two-thousand farms between 2017 and 2022, but the amount of land used to farm has stayed about the same. Neil Melancon with the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation s...
Feb 20, 2024 United Soybean Board / CC
Bill to removed concealed carry in Louisiana up for debate in special session
Legislation to concealed carry without a permit in Louisiana will be debated in the crime special session. And because police are trained to look for outlines of a gun in someone's clothing, President...
Feb 20, 2024 samuelemunemu32
Humane Society of Louisiana provides shelter for piglet after being tossed around like a football
A piglet is now resting comfortably after being tossed around like a football during carnival season. Humane Society of Louisiana Director Jeff Dorson says a bystander spotted three men throwing what ...
Feb 20, 2024
