Category Archives: Politics & Government

The Louisiana House rejects a bill that would have required some TOPS recipients to pay back their scholarships if they lost them as a result of poor grades or not taking the required number of course...

The Check Out Louisiana program has expanded statewide. Through a partnership between the State Library and Louisiana State Parks, library card holders can check out a free day pass to any of Louisian...

When Amtrak's Mardi Gras service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, started last August, officials were anticipating that 75,000 people would climb on board in the first year. We're eight months...

A report from Leaders for a Better Louisiana finds that Louisiana is doing well in creating jobs and lowering crime. Better Louisiana CEO Adam Knapp says based on state and federal data, Louisiana ran...

An examination of the Facebook profile of the Shreveport man who killed his seven children and a nephew Sunday morning shows that he had been struggling with mental health. In light of that, the Louis...

Mandeville Senator Patrick McMath has met with Governor Landry about revamping the state's child welfare system. McMath introduced legislation last week that would dismantle the Department of Children...

This week is Love The Boot Week. It actually got underway Saturday and runs through this Sunday. This is the fifth year for the initiative; Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser says four years ago, he ...

Out of unspeakable tragedy comes some good. Governor Landry has announced that the Love One Louisiana Foundation, which is led by his wife Sharon, will be paying for the funerals of all eight children...

We're getting updated information on Sunday's tragedy in Shreveport, in which eight children were shot dead in the country's worst mass murder in more than two years. Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smi...

Governor Jeff Landry accuses the two male Republican candidates in the U.S. Senate race as not being "southerly." Landry, who is supporting Julia Letlow in the U.S. Senate Republican primary, says the...