U.S. House lawmakers voted 308-117 to pass a bill July 14 making daylight savings time year-round, sending the legislation to the Senate. The Sunshine Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Vern Buchanen, R-Fla., would end the nearly nationwide biannual clock changing and make daylight savings time perm...

LaSalle Parish’s “The Strand Village Project #thrive” program will continue permanently, funded through opioid settlement money starting in January 2027. The positive announcement was made by parish officials July 21 at the LaSalle Economic Development District’s (LEDD) Legislative Update Forum at T...

District 20 State Rep. Neil Riser, R-Columbia, told a crowd at the LaSalle Economic Development District’s Legislative Update Forum that Louisiana’s revenue system takes months to catch up with economic shifts, and that lawmakers are only beginning to grapple with how artificial intelligence and aut...

The Central Louisiana Technical Community College’s new Rod Brady Campus in Jena remains on schedule for a 2028 opening, Campus Dean Michelle Moreau t...

Gains attributed to Richland Parish’s Meta project Sales tax collections across Northeast Louisiana’s 10 cooperative parishes rose to $384 million in ...

The LaSalle Parish Library hosted two exciting programs as part of its Summer Reading on July 24, as both the Jena and Olla branches welcomed children...