A bill to expand Louisiana’s high-dosage tutoring program advanced in a Senate committee last week even as a broader debate is shaping up over state funding for K-12 education. The action took place during the current Legislative Session. Sen. Patrick McMath, R-Mandeville, proposed spending an addit...

Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry said a federal data program that verifies citizenship status uncovered 403 noncitizens registered to vote in Louisiana out of a total voting pool of 2.96 million, with 83 having voted in at least one election since the 1980s. The state used the federal Syste...

The Louisiana Fatherhood Task Force proposed bipartisan recommendations last week to address challenges to fatherhood, including modifying the state’s child custody laws and instituting paid family medical leave for educators. Bills have been filed in both the Senate and the House to modify child cu...

Jena Rodeo & other events this week Spring is certainly in the air and LaSalle Parish has a busy schedule of events heading into the weekend including...

A multi-jurisdiction investigation, led by the Jena Police Department and the LaSalle Parish Sheriff’s Office resulted in the arrest of one individual...

Voters across the state of Louisiana are now subject to Act 1 of the 2024 Legislative Session that mandates closed primary elections for certain elect...