Category Archives: Politics & Government

State Police have arrested a 21-year-old Monroe man for allegedly staging multiple car crashes and collecting thousands of dollars in fraudulent insurance claims. Senior Trooper Ryan Davis says they s...

Governor Landry reportedly had outsized influence in Scott Woodward's decision to fire Brian Kelly as LSU's head football coach. Jeremy Alford, the publisher of LaPolitics.com, says such involvement b...

Senator Bill Cassidy has yet another challenger for his U.S. Senate seat, as State Representative Julie Emerson has announced her candidacy. The Carencro Republican introduced herself to statewide vot...

Aclara, a Canadian mining company, is investing $277 million into building the nation's first heavy rare-earth separation facility at the Port of Vinton. Calcasieu Parish Police Jury President Judd Ba...

For those of you who collect Social Security, your benefits will increase 2.8% next year. That works out to an average of $56 a month. Andrew Muhl, the director of advocacy for AARP Louisiana, says th...

Louisiana is taking steps to make sure those who rely on food stamps will still receive their SNAP benefits despite the federal government shutdown. The USDA funds SNAP, but because of the shutdown th...

A four-year-old girl is dead after being run over in a convenience store parking lot in Rapides Parish. Tommy Carnline with the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office says the 30-year-old driver apparently d...

In a letter to President Trump, Congressman Clay Higgins is asking that all shrimp imports be paused. Higgins says radioactive shrimp on grocery store shelves is a significant public health threat. Ac...

Nicholls State ranks as the No. 1 best value college in Louisiana, according to Niche.com. The ranking is based on net price, alumni earnings, graduation rates and student debt. Dr. Todd Keller, the p...

On the first day of the special session, the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee approved legislation to push back qualifying and the primary election dates for the 2026 federal elections by one mon...