Category Archives: News
Entergy seeking federal grants to upgrade power grid in Louisiana
Entergy has applied for federal grants to improve the utility provider's power grid in Louisiana. PSC Commissioner Devante Lewis said he wrote a letter of support for the application. If secured the f...
Jun 14, 2023 Mike Linksvayer
Governor John Bel Edwards signs bill requiring 15 minutes of recess for K-5 public school students
Governor John Bel Edwards signed legislation to mandate 15 minutes of recess for public school students kindergarten through fifth grade. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says recess is ...
Jun 14, 2023 kennethtristan02 / CC
Lawmakers approve $44 million in funding to help low-income families afford childcare
Lawmakers approve $44 million in new funding for the Child Care Assistance Program to provide financial assistance to low-income families statewide. Louisiana Policy Institute for Children Director Li...
Jun 14, 2023 Adam Winger / Unsplash
Omaha best destinations and attractions for Tigers fans headed to the College World Series
Thousands of Tigers fans will flock to Omaha for the College World Series as the Bayou Bengals are in the C-W-S for the first time since 2017. Executive Director of Visit Omaha Deborah Ward says there...
Jun 14, 2023
Insurance Commissioner generally happy with insurance bills that cleared the legislature
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon and House & Senate insurance committee leaders have a press conference scheduled today to talk about the outcomes of a package of insurance bills aimed at fixing...
Jun 13, 2023
Nearly every death row prisoner seeks clemency from Governor Edwards
51 Louisiana death row prisoners file clemency petitions in the hopes Governor John Bel Edwards and the Board of Pardons will commute their death sentences to life in prison without the possibility of...
Jun 13, 2023
Fort Polk military base officially changes name to Fort Johnson in honor of World War I hero
Louisiana's largest military base Fort Polk officially changed its name to Fort Johnson today. The Army base in Vernon Parish has been named after World War I hero Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black ...
Jun 13, 2023
Lawmakers pass bill to give $500 tax break to gun owners toward purchases of gun safe storage devices
Among bills passed last week, was a measure to give a $500 tax break to Louisiana gun owners for purchases of safes, locks, and other gun storage devices. Bill's author, New Orleans Representative Man...
Jun 13, 2023 Photo by Brooke Thorington
Department of Natural Resources to have new name in 2024
Beginning next year, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources will go under a name change. DNR spokesperson Patrick Courreges said the state agency will be known as The Louisiana Department of En...
Jun 13, 2023
$100-million cut to LDH's budget faces line-item veto threat
House and Senate leaders are facing criticism for cutting 100-million dollars from the Louisiana Department of Health's budget. House Appropriations Chairman Jerome Zeringue says LDH's budget is over ...
Jun 13, 2023
