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A landowner in Louisiana recently discovered fossil remains belonging to a mammoth.
7 Louisiana parishes turn blue during midterms
The travel center chain is opening its first location in Louisiana on Monday, Nov. 9 in Lafayette
BATON ROUGE - Former Metro Councilwoman Chauna Banks has a shot at working in the nation's capital after winning most of the vote in Louisiana's 6th Congressional District, forcing a runoff against state Sen. Blake Miguez. Banks opted not to throw an election party and went to bed early, but...
A Connecticut artist won the 2027 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp competition with a portrait of a wood duck, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced Friday. Jennifer Reising of Noank won the 39th annual contest. Her painting shows a single wood duck at rest on the water with cypress...
Louisiana’s apparent obsession with five fast food chains is more than a passing craving. It reflects the state’s deep ties to chicken culture, regional loyalty, and a taste for brands that feel close to home.
In 2000, a stock market bubble from online commerce began to burst not long before corporate attorney Ted Jones began his career in San Francisco. Louisiana is starkly different from where he began his career, he said, since most businesses in the Pelican State are small and family-owned and use traditional lines of credit to finance their company. On the other hand, Silicon Valley is the heart of the venture capital industry, where startups look to scale.
More than 70 dogs from Louisiana have been brought to an Animal Rescue Corps center outside Nashville following a relief operation involving cruelty cases and overcrowded shelters. Why It Matters. Some of the dogs need medical care, while others were connected to a dogfighting investigation or needed placement because shelters...
A new Buc-ee’s can mean a new place to fill up and, for some people, a new place to clock in. Construction has already started at each site, though opening dates are still targets. Here are the new Buc-ee’s stores coming to Louisiana, North Carolina and Georgia in 2027....
The recall effort against Gov. Jeff Landry was deemed unsuccessful.
BATON ROUGE — Nine states redrew congressional district boundaries this summer as the midterm elections approached. Many competitive, deeply red states redrew those maps at former President Donald Trump's direction to give Republicans an advantage. Nationwide, that strategy appeared to backfire as Democratic candidates won nearly all of those...
Louisiana voters rejected Amendment 5 on Tuesday, according to unofficial results, which keeps in place a rule that state retirement systems apply one-time money from the state to their oldest unfunded debts first. Ballotpedia’s tally shows 526,531 votes in favor, or 38%, and 874,544 against, or 62%. Because the amendment failed, nothing in the Constitution... The post Louisiana voters rejected Amendment 5, keeping the rule that state retirement systems apply one-time state money to their oldest unfunded debts first appeared first on The Financial Wire .
Louisiana voters approved Amendment 7 on Tuesday, according to unofficial results, which lets local governments spend public money to replace drinking water service lines even when the pipe sits on private property. Ballotpedia’s tally shows 924,321 votes in favor, or 65%, and 492,210 against, or 35%. The amendment gives permission to spend; it does not... The post Louisiana voters let local governments spend public money replacing lead water lines, even on private property appeared first on The Financial Wire .
SHREVEPORT, La. — Safety remains a top priority at the State Fair of Louisiana, where fair officials have implemented multiple security measures aimed at creating a safe environment for families and visitors.Among the policies in place this year are a clear bag requirement, bag size restrictions and a juvenile curfew. Fair organizers say the measures are designed to improve security while allowing guests to enjoy the attractions, food and entertainment offered throughout the event.“You have to have clear bags to come into the fair. There's a bag size limit. There's a juvenile curfew here. All of those things are instituted to keep everybody safe and ensure they don't have to worry about what's going on around them,” said Tom Oster, head of security.Officials say security personnel, law enforcement officers and fair staff work together throughout the event to monitor the grounds and respond to any concerns. The State Fair of Louisiana runs through Nov. 15 at the State Fairgrounds in Shreveport.Visitors are encouraged to review fair policies before arriving and to report any suspicious activity to security personnel on the State Fair of Louisiana's Website.
Rural hospitals in Louisiana are protesting how the state has distributed $200 million from the federal government to shore up healthcare in sparsely populated places, arguing that too little is going to their work on the front lines. “The rural hospitals were deeply disappointed with the amounts that we got...
BATON ROUGE, La. — When Chauna Banks went to bed on election night, she was sitting in third place in the race for Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. By the time the final returns came in, the former East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Councilwoman had moved to the top of the field, finishing ahead of nine opponents and securing a place in the Dec. 12 runoff.
MIAMI — As the raindrops eased on the evening of Election Day, a fellow voter helped to lift Niecy Rahming out of her daughter’s car and into her wheelchair. Rahming, 95, made it to the polling station with 10 minutes to spare, casting her vote for what she hoped would be Florida’s first Black senator, state Rep. Angie Nixon. A native Floridian and longtime Miami Gardens resident, Rahming has lived long enough to experience Jim Crow and the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. But that evening, her focus was on the economy.
(The Center Square) — Louisiana Republicans are questioning President Donald Trump’s handling of the conflict with Iran, immigration enforcement and the rising cost of living after a Democratic midterm wave nearly cost the GOP a U.S. Senate seat in one of the country’s most reliably Republican states. Several Republican state leaders interviewed by The Center Square described a party struggling to retain the enthusiasm of working-class voters who helped return Trump to the White House in 2024. Some blamed the administration’s policies for worsening economic pressures, while others pointed to Republican voters staying home. The criticism comes after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress and captured major statewide offices across the country, including in traditionally Republican strongholds like Texas and Kansas, where Republicans suffered historic defeats. Louisiana narrowly avoided a similar upset. Republican Julia Letlow defeated Democrat Jamie Davis by approximately 26,000 votes, a strikingly close result in a state Trump carried by nearly 22 percentage points two years earlier. Although Republicans retained Louisiana’s U.S. Senate seat, two congressional races remain undecided. Republicans Gabe Firment and Blake Miguez will compete in December runoffs in the 5th and 6th Congressional Districts, respectively. The Republican Party has already endorsed both,
The constitutional amendment that passed by the most overwhelming margin was Amendment 1. That allows the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to retain the service-related property tax exemption after moving. It passed with 75% support. Louisiana Veterans Affairs Secretary Charlton Meginley says whereas before it made no financial sense for survivors to downsize after the deaths of their veteran spouses, it now gives them a lot more flexibility.
