BATON ROUGE-- A bill to allow legislative oversight in selecting new voting machines advanced through the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee Tuesday. The bill, authored by Senator Sharon Hewitt, R-Slidell, establishes a Voting System Technology Commission to review voting systems and a propos...

The Law Enforcement Torch Run® for Special Olympics Louisiana, or LETR, unites officers from law enforcement agencies and corrections departments across the state in an effort to raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics Louisiana. Torch Run efforts to raise funds include collecting corporate s...

The Louisiana Department of Insurance has proposed a slate of bills for the 2021 legislative session that would protect people who want to get genetic testing, expand options for flood insurance and strengthen the insurance commissioner’s ability to protect policyholders during a governor’s emergenc...

A uniquely Egyptian parade took place recently in Cairo featuring 18 kings and four queens -- mummified pharaohs dating back more than 3,500 years, re...

BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s higher education officials are encouraging tens of thousands of students to get COVID-19 vaccines before returning for in-pe...

Honor roll students for the fifth six weeks grading period of the 2020-21 school session at Jena Elementary School have been announced by Principal De...