Category Archives: Politics & Government
Senator Bill Cassidy's support of President Donald Trump is resulting in positive approval ratings amongst Republicans
A new poll is an encouraging sign for Senator Bill Cassidy's re-election bid. A new Morning Consult poll shows that Cassidy has a 69% approval rating among Republicans, including a 64% approval rating...
Feb 26, 2025 Photo courtesy of U.S Senator Bill Cassidy's press office
Senator Bill Cassidy delivers good news to public sector workers concerning Social Security benefit payments
Public sector workers will start seeing bigger Social Security benefit payments. Senator Bill Cassidy worked to get the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset repealed in the...
Feb 26, 2025 Senator Bill Cassidy (R) - Louisiana
Veterinarians, animal welfare professionals, oppose use of nitrogen hypoxia to execute death row criminals in Louisiana
Veterinarians and animal welfare professionals oppose nitrogen hypoxia, or gas suffocation, as a method of execution of humans. They are urging Governor Landry to reconsider its use as the state plans...
Feb 26, 2025
Cassidy: measles is headed towards Louisiana; everyone should get vaccinated against it
Measles may be a very rare disease today, but it is highly contagious and can be potentially deadly. And Senator Bill Cassidy says it's headed for Louisiana.\ "The measles outbreak that started in Wes...
Feb 25, 2025 US Senator Bill Cassidy (R)
Louisiana State Police Captain arrested following off-duty DWI multi-vehicle crash in Baton Rouge
A State Police Captain was arrested this morning, accused of driving drunk while off duty and hitting a Baton Rouge Police unit in a multi-vehicle crash. According to Lt. Jared L. Sandifer of the Loui...
Feb 25, 2025
Governor Landry says he did something to similar to DOGE when he was Attorney General
DOGE's Elon Musk is calling on federal employees to document their work or resign. In an appearance on Fox News today, Governor Jeff Landry says he conducted a similar exercise when he was Louisiana's...
Feb 24, 2025
Death row inmate Sepulvado, 81, dies; was slated to be executed next month
A death row inmate slated to be the first to be executed in Louisiana in 15 years has died. Christopher Sepulvado, 81, passed away over the weekend after spending more than 30 years on death row. Sepu...
Feb 24, 2025 Tom Hart / CC
Insurance reform expected to be a major priority in this year's legislative session
We are 50 days away from the regular legislative session which will begin April 14th. House Insurance Chairman Gabe Firment from Grant Parish says his committee will have a busy agenda. "I don't thing...
Feb 23, 2025 gunnar3000 / Depositphotos.com
St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office makes arrest in case of illegal immigrant accused of killing his girlfriend
A woman reported missing in St. Landry Parish is found dead, and her boyfriend is accused of killing her. A ping of Jorlany Osario Beitez's phone led investigators to a remote area along Highway 10, w...
Feb 20, 2025 Irving Cisneros Arguelles/Courtesy of St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office
Governor Jeff Landry discusses proposed budget for next fiscal year, cites potential state spending decline
Governor Jeff Landry says his proposed budget for next fiscal year reduces the amount of state funds by up to a billion dollars from the current fiscal year. Landry says the state spending plan contin...
Feb 19, 2025
