Category Archives: Politics & Government
GOP state senators to propose banning fluoride in drinking water
Two Republican state senators will be introducing a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would ban the use of fluoride in drinking water throughout the state. It's being introduced by Mike Fe...
Mar 06, 2025 elenathewise / Depositphotos.com
Mystery surrounds case of unidentified skeletal remains found in St. Tammany Parish back in 1984
A man whose remains were discovered back in 1984 is still unidentified, and the coroner in St. Tammany Parish needs your help. Hunters found the remains below the I-59 bridge on the bank of the West P...
Mar 06, 2025 Artist's rendering of male skeletal remains found in 1984 (Courtesy of St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office)
Louisiana DOTD creates Highway Priority Program to address issues with project selection and delivery
DOTD is working to implement its strategic improvement plan. Secretary Joe Donahue says the department identified a few deficiencies in its operation - among them is the inability to deliver projects ...
Mar 06, 2025
Louisiana NFIB urges state legislators to address insurance reform to assist small businesses
Louisiana's small business owners are urging legislators to address rising insurance costs through legal reforms in the upcoming legislative session starting April 14. According to NFIB State Director...
Mar 06, 2025
Poll shows troubling signs for Cassidy's re-election bid
If a new poll is any indication, Senator Bill Cassidy could be in for a tough re-election campaign. A new poll by JMC Analytics commissioned by the John Fleming campaign shows the current state treasu...
Mar 05, 2025 Senator Bill Cassidy (R) - Louisiana
Congressman Troy Carter hosts dismissed New Orleans USDA auditor Chante Powell to spotlight effects of layoffs by DOGE
Many former federal employees who were laid off by Elon Musk's DOGE unit were in the House chambers watching President Trump's address to the joint session of Congress last night. Among them was Chant...
Mar 05, 2025
Preview of President Donald Trump's addresses to Congress tonight
President Donald Trump delivers a primetime address to a joint session of Congress tonight. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says in Trump's first 44 days in office the President made many...
Mar 04, 2025 The Epoch Times / CC
Ag Commissioner Mike Strain on Bird Flu and increasing cost of eggs
Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain met with Secretary Department of U-S Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollan ds on how to deal with the effects of Bird Influenza and get egg prices under control....
Mar 03, 2025 Kate Ter Haar / CC
Work beginning on new Buc-ee's in Ruston
While Lafayette will be the first Louisiana city with a Buc-ee's, it will soon have company. Ruston will begin infrastructure work next week for the new Buc-ee's, with travel center construction start...
Mar 02, 2025
LA GATOR application window open
The application window for the new LA GATOR program is now open. It opened at 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning, and it closes April 15th. LA GATOR -- Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise -- is the ...
Mar 02, 2025
