Category Archives: Politics & Government
Enrollment is down by 17,000 at Louisiana public schools
Enrollment at Louisiana public schools is down two percent. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley said the decline in enrollment is on par with other states. "In fact, if you look to Texas th...
Jan 25, 2021 Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley
Officer-involved shooting in Slidell leaves one man dead
State Police are investigating the officer-involved shooting death of an alleged stabbing suspect at a Slidell gas station Sunday night. Trooper Jeremey Price said Slidell Police and St. Tammany Paris...
Jan 25, 2021 Tony Webster / CC
March special elections field set
Qualifying for the March Congressional special elections is set with 15 candidates running in the 2nd district race and 13 candidates in the 5th. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat said Congressman-ele...
Jan 23, 2021
LA Oil and Gas Association: Biden policy will drive up gas prices
Two days into office and the Biden Administration is following through on campaign promises to roll back American oil production and global warming inducing carbon output via executive action. Louisia...
Jan 22, 2021 Timothy Vollmer / CC
5th Congressional District candidate awaiting trial for murder
Errol Victor Sr. a pastor from St. John the Baptist, is one of seven candidates running for Louisiana's 5th Congressional district. What makes his candidacy unique is he's awaiting retrial after his m...
Jan 22, 2021 Errol Victor, Sr.
Shreveport Mayor backs recurring checks for Americans through pandemic
Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins joins 33 other mayors in calling on President Biden to support sending Americans recurring checks through the end of the pandemic. Perkins said the US economy already d...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden Admin fires first salvo at oil and gas industry
The Biden Administration announces a 60-day pause in the issuing of new oil and gas leases on federal land and revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. Associate Director of the Tulane Energy ...
Jan 21, 2021 Ryan Lackey / CC
State faces hundreds of millions in budget cuts next fiscal year
Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne warned we will likely face hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts for the fiscal year beginning in July. The Revenue Estimating Conference adopted t...
Jan 21, 2021 Pictures of Money / CC
PAR dashboard indicates state is exiting third surge of COVID-19
According to the most recent COVID-19 dashboard from the Public Affairs Research Council, the state is showing a downward trend of cases, positivity rate, and hospitalizations. PAR President Robert Tr...
Jan 21, 2021
Julia Letlow, others sign up to run for vacant 5th Congressional District seat
Seven candidates have, so far, qualified to run for the vacant 5th Congressional District seat that was left open after the shocking COVID-related death last month of Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, wh...
Jan 21, 2021 Congresswoman-elect Julia Letlow (R) 5th Congressional District
