Category Archives: Politics & Government

Where's the beef? It was in his pants! That's what the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office is saying when they arrested 57-year-old Michael Ardoin after finding hundreds of dollars' worth of stolen mea...

Walmart is recalling frozen shrimp after the USDA issued a warning about possible radioactive contamination. Federal investigators say the contaminated shrimp is from an Indonesian firm and it was sol...

Statistics show that Louisiana is a dangerous state for pedestrians. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission says over the last ten years, more pedestrians have been killed in motor vehicle crashes th...

Louisiana House Speaker Phillip DeVillier has told legislators to keep their calendars open for a possible redistricting special session in late October or November. Lapoliticsweekly.com publisher Jer...

If you're casting an absentee ballot, you will notice that the envelopes will look different from now on. Joel Watson with the Secretary of State's Office says besides incorporating larger print and e...

Crews are making good progress on the Backbone Fire in the Kisatchie Hills Wilderness Area in Natchitoches Parish. Jim Caldwell with the U.S. Forest Service says as of yesterday evening, the 2,400-acr...

Just like across the rest of the country, smoking continues to be on the decline in Louisiana. In 2023, the latest year that data is available, less than 16% of Louisiana adults surveyed admitted that...

Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 has broken ground on a massive $2.5 billion artificial intelligence data center in West Feliciana Parish. It will consist of two, 450,000-square-foot buildings, and it wil...

LSU's presidential search committee holds its first meeting today as the 20-member panel begins its work to find a replacement for Dr. William Tate, who left in June to be the president at Rutgers. Pi...

Governor Landry is sending about 135 Louisiana National Guard soldiers to Washington, D.C. Lieutenant Colonel Noel Collins says the soldiers will be in the nation's capital for at least a month. "We'r...