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Ponchatoula-based Elmer Chocolate had supply chain issues as they tried to meet demand for Easter Candy
Ponchatoula-based candy maker Elmer Chocolate has been producing sweets since 1855, but the last year has presented some challenges in meeting the demand for Easter. "There's been a corn starch shorta...
Apr 14, 2022
Bills to keep nursing home patients safe during natural disasters advances to the Senate
Two bills to ensure the safety of nursing home patients during natural disasters pass unanimously in Senate Health and Welfare. Senate Bill 33 requires all long-term care facilities to have generator ...
Apr 13, 2022 Photo courtesy APNews.
After 850 nursing home patients were evacuated to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish during Hurricane Ida in 2021, the Louisiana Department of Health assists with their relocation.
A bill to name an indigenous species as the state butterfly takes wings
When Monroe Senator Stewart Cathey, Jr. introduced Senate Bill 93 to members of Governmental Affairs Wednesday, he warned them his bill could metamorphosis into divisive legislation. "What I'm sure wi...
Apr 13, 2022 Pete G / CC
Majority of Louisiana voters support legalizing marijuana
There's a shift happening in Louisiana...at least when it comes to supporting the legalization of recreational marijuana. According to results of polling done by the University of New Orleans Survey R...
Apr 13, 2022
Senator John Kennedy reports more than $14M for his re-election campaign
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy raised more than $5 million in the first quarter of 2022 for a total of $14 million for his re-election campaign. And while the senator is known for his quick wit, Polit...
Apr 13, 2022 Tammy Anthony Baker / CC
Small business owners say inflation overtakes labor quality as their top problem
A nationwide survey of small business owners finds inflation is their number one concern. NFIB state director Dawn McVea says the impact is real. "It's a killing them, they haven't seen times like thi...
Apr 13, 2022
Legislation to remove vaccine requirements advance from committee to the House floor
Two pieces of legislation pertaining to COVID vaccines pass in House Health Welfare. Stonewall Republican Larry Bagley's resolution to remove COVID vaccines from the state's immunization schedule pass...
Apr 12, 2022 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
Legislation to allow non-felons to conceal carry in Louisiana shoots to the House floor
On a ten to three vote, the House Criminal Justice Committee approved legislation to allow non-felons 21 and older to carry a concealed firearm without a permit. Baton Rouge Rep. Denise Marcelle voted...
Apr 12, 2022 Ibro Palic / CC
Jury reaches guilty verdict in killing of former LSU basketball player Wayde Sims
More than three years after the shooting death of LSU basketball player Wayde Sims, 23-year-old Dyteon Simpson of Baker has been convicted of second-degree murder. Video of the shooting was critical t...
Apr 12, 2022 (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
LSU Poll: Two-thirds of the respondents believe the state is headed in the wrong direction
66-percent of the adults who participated in an LSU Public Policy Research Lab poll say the state is heading in the wrong direction. LSU Manship School associate professor Doctor Michael Henderson say...
Apr 12, 2022
