Category Archives: Politics & Government

Drone Institute announced a $340,000 expansion of its Lafayette headquarters set to be completed by June of next year. CEO George Femmer says the project will consolidate drone operations, data proces...

DCFS is addressing concerns about response times at its Child Safety Response Center. Secretary Rebecca Harris says the department has received reports about delays in the ways that it receives compla...

26 vet clinics and spay-neuter providers around the state will divide $24,000 raised by the Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council. The council raised the money through the sale of special Animal Friendl...

The Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association is hailing the Trump administration's draft plan to hold seven lease sales off Louisiana's Gulf coast. The plan would open more than 1.2-billion acr...

This has been a very dry fall so far here in Louisiana - so much so that 40% of the state is in a drought. State Climatologist Jay Grymes says drought conditions haven't been this bad in the state in ...

For the fourth consecutive year, the State Department of Education is reporting an increase in public school and district performance scores. The statewide performance score for this year is 80.9, up ...

Lafayette Police arrest two Vermillion Parish men for allegedly assaulting a man who was walking home from Festivals Acadiens et Croles last month. Tristan Frederick and Tynes Chaney, who are both 23,...

The next stop on President Trump's immigration crackdown will be New Orleans, and it's expected to start as early as December 1st. As many as 250 Border Patrol agents will be in the region for up to t...

Lincoln Parish is mourning the death of Ruston Fire Department Chief Chris Womack, who died at the age of 54 after a brief battle with cancer. Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker appointed Womack as fire chief ...

Louisiana is the first state in the country to be approved for almost $1.36 billion in federal funding to expand broadband internet access across the state. Veneeth Iyengar, the executive director of ...