Category Archives: Politics & Government

The Louisiana Office of Inspector General has issued a report on their investigation of the death of two-year-old Mitchell Robinson III who died of a fentanyl overdose in 2022 in Baton Rouge. Inspecto...

Clarifying the claims process is one idea lawmakers will discuss during this legislative session as a way to bring more insurers into Louisiana. Senate Insurance Chairman Kirk Talbot says they've been...

Beginning today the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control will resume the enforcement of state laws concerning the marketing and sale of vapor products. Commissioner Ernest Legier said even ...

To help the crawfish industry with financial assistance after last summer's drought severely impacted the crop, Congressman Troy Carter is holding three workshops for crawfish producers, boil houses, ...

Louisiana National Guardsmen participating in Operation Lone Star have arrived in Texas. LANG spokesperson Lt. Col Noel Collins said fifty soldiers begin their first of three 30-day rotations today at...

Two bills related to mental health on school campuses advance from Senate Education. Lake Charles Senator Mark Abraham's bill allows public schools to employ or allow a volunteer chaplain to provide s...

The House Transportation Committee passed legislation on Wednesday to repeal the state's mandatory motorcycle helmet law which has been in place since 2004. The bill passed on a 10-3 vote. Hornbeck Re...

A proposed U.S. law targeting the social media app TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese base company ByteDance, could force the company to sell its controlling stake or be blocked in the U.S. Host of...

Covington Senator and self-proclaimed Parrothead Patrick McMath wants to designate a portion of U.S. Route 11 in St. Tammany Parish to honor Jimmy Buffett. McMath said when the Margaritaville singer w...

A bill is heading to the Senate floor that would toughen penalties against porch pirates. Abbeville Senator Bob Hensgens' legislation would give judges the authority to sentence a thief to 60 days in ...