- BY ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writer
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The field in a competitive race for Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District continued to expand Thursday, the second day of qualifying for spring primaries.
- BY SOPHIE KASAKOVE | Staff writer
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Louisiana National Guard officials on Thursday took credit for New Orleans’ low crime rate, saying that their deployment to the city on the federal government’s dime has led to “positive trend…
- BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER | Staff writer
As indictments pile up from an investigation into potential corruption and bribery by Baton Rouge officials several years ago, Mayor-President Sid Edwards announced Thursday that he is bringin…
- BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer
LSU Board of Supervisors Chair Scott Ballard will step down and be replaced by Vice Chair Lee Mallett, Gov. Jeff Landry announced on X Thursday.
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Gov. Jeff Landry on Thursday fired back at Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming, who is running in a competitive U.S. Senate race against incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy and Rep. Julia Letlow, after F…
- BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-Madisonville, said in a speech on the Senate floor that the “knuckleheads” in the Krewe of Carrollton who are accused of aggressively throwing objects at police offic…
- BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer
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WASHINGTON – All eight members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation are asking President Donald Trump to issue a disaster declaration, which would open the spigots of federal recovery money…
- BY TYLER BRIDGES and ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writers
State Treasurer John Fleming had strong words for his two main Republican opponents in this year’s U.S. Senate race — Sen. Bill Cassidy and Rep. Julia Letlow — as he qualified Wednesday for th…
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State Rep. Michael Echols of Monroe announced Tuesday that he will compete for the congressional seat that U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow is vacating to run for the U.S. Senate.
- BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer
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WASHINGTON – After a year of tension between U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccines, supporters of Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement are ba…
- BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writer
A new leader is heading up Louisiana’s juvenile justice system after Kenny Loftin, who headed the Office of Juvenile Justice for two years, retired, officials said.
- BY AIDAN MCCAHILL | Staff writer
Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi will seek re-election to a fifth term next year, setting up a race against his longtime second-in-command, Chief Deputy Ronnie Hebert.
- BY TYLER BRIDGES | Staff writer
State Rep. Julie Emerson is giving up her senior position in the House to take on an even more important role as Gov. Jeff Landry’s chief of staff, the governor’s office announced Tuesday.
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State Sen. Gary Carter Jr. is the latest prominent Louisiana Democrat to take a pass on running for the U.S. Senate this year.
- BY TYLER BRIDGES | Staff writer
Both in Louisiana and nationally, Democrats are celebrating a state House race victory Saturday in a district just outside of Baton Rouge that President Donald Trump easily won in 2024.
- BY TYLER BRIDGES and MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writers
President Donald Trump’s recent interventions in Louisiana’s congressional races continued to be felt Monday.
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The LSU System will soon have a new face leading its media and public outreach efforts after President Wade Rousse announced Monday that Meg Casper Sunstrom will take over as chief communicati…
- BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writer
Two years after Louisiana overhauled its sentencing laws to lengthen prison stays, the corrections department says it needs another $82 million in state funds for its annual operating budget.
- BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy on Tuesday challenged the Trump administration’s use of Denmark as a reason for rolling back childhood vaccinations.
- BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer
WASHINGTON – Federal disaster relief, on which hurricane and flood-prone Louisiana relies, is caught in the congressional fight to put guard rails on increasingly controversial immigration enf…
- BY QUINN COFFMAN | Staff writer
Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez won Saturday's special election for State House District 60, defeating Republican Brad Daigle.
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Louisiana residents can now be charged with a crime for posting online personal information like a home address or date of birth of some Louisiana elected officials under a law that takes effe…
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The Baton Rouge region is now on track to gain a new VA outpatient clinic, after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a lease for a facility north of Interstate 10 on Pecue Lane.
- BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER | Staff writer
Federal agents in 2024 investigated Baton Rouge mayor’s office programs that received millions of dollars, including federal COVID stimulus money, to support social programs since 2020, source…
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President Donald Trump endorsed Blake Miguez for Congress on Wednesday, once again shaking up Louisiana politics with a late-night Truth Social post.
- BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER | Staff writer
A member of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council has called for a vote on removing Councilman Cleve Dunn Jr. from the Baton Rouge Airport Commission after Dunn was indicted on charges including …
- BY ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writer
Louisiana’s attorney general is preparing to sue California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in federal court in an effort to force those states to extradite doctors who face c…
- BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump endorsed Louisiana state Sen. Blake Miguez’s campaign for Congress in a Wednesday night post on Truth Social.