Category Archives: Politics & Government

Compensation for those who have been wrongfully convicted and served jail time in Louisiana will increase beginning July of next year. Gretna Representative Joe Marino's bill boosting the annual amoun...

The Louisiana Legislative Auditor finds $1.08 million in state and federal unemployment benefits were paid out to 374 dead Louisianans since March of 2020. That's about .013% of the $8.5 billion in to...

Real Reform Louisiana delivered tiki torches to the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry's office in Baton Rouge because auto insurance rates have yet to decline as a result of the tort refo...

Governor Edwards signs legislation increasing the cost of annual recreational and commercial hunting and fishing licenses starting next July. Prairieville Representative Tony Bacala said he had to bri...

State offices are closed for a half-day Friday in honor of Juneteenth becoming a legal holiday. Juneteenth celebrates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers marched into Galveston with news of the Emancip...

If you're a connoisseur of oysters, have you wondered what happens to the shells after you finished your plate? Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana Policy director Emily Vuxton said they want to fi...

Governor Edwards agreed to withdraw Louisiana from the federally boosted unemployment program early in exchange for a small boost in state benefits starting next year. This agreement came via legislat...

If you are planning on buying an electric vehicle in hopes of receiving a tax credit you better make that purchase in the next two weeks. Louisiana Clean Fuels Co-Coordinator Tyler Hermann said the le...

Governor John Bel Edwards has signed into law a measure that creates the framework for self-driving delivery robots to carry packages, food, etc. on the state's streets. Port Allen Senator Rick Ward s...

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