Category Archives: Politics & Government

Chair of the state Democratic Party, Katie Bernhardt tells The Advocate she's not running for governor. And while her recent TV ad received widespread criticism from party members, LaPolitics.com publ...

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announces a 30-day application period is open for the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program. Donelon says the incentive program will offer matching grants to incentiviz...

A Jefferson Parish lawmaker has filed legislation that would crack down on thieves who break into people's cars, by stiffening their minimum sentence. Metairie Republican state Representative Laurie S...

The LSU Board of Supervisors votes to name the basketball court at the PMAC after both Dale Brown and Sue Gunter. Both coaches won over 400 games at LSU, but in 2021 the board voted to only have Brown...

Monroe Senator Katrina Jackson faces litigation after blocking a Twitter user from commenting on her page. Tulane First Amendment Law Clinic Director Katie Schwartzmann said the courts consider the in...

The LSU Board of Supervisors is set to vote tomorrow on a proposal to add Sue Gunter's name to the Dale Brown Court inside the Maravich Center. The idea has upset several people close to Brown who had...

A New Orleans lawmaker files the first in a package of bills meant to make recreational marijuana use legal in Louisiana. District 99 Democrat Rep. Candace Newell says her House Bill 17 applies to sta...

Governor Edwards along with DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson will be joined by U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in Lake Charles this afternoon to celebrate the $150 million grant to help replac...

Treasurer John Schroder officially launches his gubernatorial campaign tonight with a fundraiser in his home parish of St. Tammany. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat said with Attorney General Jeff La...

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy will try again today to secure Louisiana a greater share of offshore oil & gas royalties, with the re-introduction of his 2022 RISE Act. An acronym for Reinvesting In Sho...