Category Archives: Politics & Government

High utility bills continue to plague residents and PSC Commissioner Dr. Craig Greene said they are looking at ways to help lower rates. He said the commission wants utility providers to become custom...

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Luke Mixon says he remains a pro-life candidate, but if elected as Louisiana's next U-S Senator he would vote to legalize abortions in federal law. Mixon says the abor...

Legislation to enhance and change oversite of the state's medical marijuana program went into effect this month. Houma Representative Tanner Magee's legislation allows existing marijuana licensed phar...

Incumbent Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins has been disqualified from running for another term in office this fall. A Caddo judge ruled Perkins violated election law by giving an incorrect address on p...

A new law that took effect Monday helps pave the way for Louisiana's developing wind energy industry. Authored in the legislature by Houma area Representative Jerome Zeringue, the new law increases a ...

A new law taking effect today makes it a crime to use marijuana in a motor vehicle. Metairie Republican Representative Laurie Schlegel brought the bill in the legislature. She says she thought of the ...

Louisiana's law that bans most abortions is back in effect. Baton Rouge Judge Don Johnson has signed an order that suspends his preliminary injunction. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino say...

A number of new laws passed in the 2022 Legislature go into effect today. One will require all law enforcement officers to be trained in how to recognize signs of human trafficking. Franklinton Senato...

A lot of new state laws go into effect Monday, August 1st, and one of them will forbid police from using the smell of marijuana as probable cause to search one's home. The bill was authored by New Ibe...

Beginning Monday, military veterans will have the right to carry a concealed weapon without obtaining a permit. The new law was authored in the legislature by Monroe area Senator Jay Morris, who says ...