Category Archives: Politics & Government

ULM has received the final nine million dollars in state funding required to complete the renovation of its Sugar Hall. Sugar Hall was opened in 1971 to house ULM's College of Pharmacy before moving t...

Qualifying begins Wednesday for the October 11th election and the biggest race in the state is the mayor's race in New Orleans. Current mayor LaToya Cantrell is term limited and cannot seek a third te...

The United Cajun Navy is in Texas helping with the search and rescue operation in the Texas Hill Country, where more than 100 people have been killed in flash floods. So far, United Cajun Navy searche...

Louisiana public schools are waiting for more information after the U.S. Department of Education told individual states it's withholding nearly $7 billion in education grants. Executive Director of th...

Governor Jeff Landry signed the App Store Accountability Act, requiring app stores to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent before allowing minors under 18 to download apps or make in-app pur...

A federal judge has granted Serve Louisiana's motion for a preliminary injunction, reinstating the AmeriCorps grant that had been abruptly canceled as part of a nationwide termination effort earlier t...

The board that investigates alleged ethics violations against public officials has new restrictions to abide by. That's due to a new law as a result of the passage of House Bill 674 by New Iberia Repu...

Governor Jeff Landry signed bills to reform Louisiana's Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) yesterday. HB 640 established the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction to manage 5,000 m...

Governor Jeff Landry sat at his desk today and signed a number of bills to address Louisiana's insurance crisis. Landry signed SB 61 that forces insurance companies to tell customers if they are raisi...

The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Kelly Orgeron, the ex-wife of former LSU football coach Ed Orgeron, is entitled to more than $8 million of the coach's $17 million buyout. Legal analyst Franz Borghar...