With statewide elections on the horizon in Louisiana, some Baton Rouge-area officials working to bring a new Mississippi River bridge to the region are worried leadership changes could derai… Read More
What did the Supreme Court do Monday?
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Twelve words spoken in three seconds spared 163 men and four women from Illinois’ death row.
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The Associated Press asked Big Freedia about the new album, explored the growing popularity of Bounce music and why playing in Tennessee on tour is so important to the artist.
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The order follows the court’s rejection earlier in June of a congressional redistricting map in Alabama and unfreezes the Louisiana case, which had been on hold pending the decision in… Read More
Six candidates for governor at a Louisiana Farm Bureau forum Friday promised to keep tax subsidies that benefit the agricultural industry, but two of the hopefuls diverged from the other fou… Read More
Many young people in the queer community, especially outside of the New Orleans area, had no idea about the history of the arson attack.
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When the next gubernatorial campaign forum is held on Friday, one candidate will be missing – Jeff Landry, the attorney general.
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WASHINGTON – Gov. John Bel Edwards, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and other state and local officials across the U.S. overstepped their legal authority when they required masking a… Read More
Drivers crossing the Interstate 10 bridge from Kenner to LaPlace will get an up-close view of how the state is rebuilding the coast later this summer. Sediment will be dredged from Lake Pont… Read More
Children in the care of Louisiana’s foster homes, juvenile prisons, health facilities and more will soon have a new voice in state government to advocate for them and to push for chang… Read More
Republicans in the Louisiana House began the legislative session with a unified front, voting as a bloc to approve a budget that didn’t raise the state’s spending limit and vowin… Read More
Swollfest
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Jay Johnson’s LSU Tigers were not the only team hitting their mark last weekend.
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WASHINGTON – Reception was scratchy until the AM knob was tuned precisely, but for truckers all over the country in the 1970s and 1980s, WWL’s Charlie Douglas kept them company t… Read More
A grant program aimed at improving the quality of roof construction in Louisiana could begin accepting applications in October, creating an avenue for homeowners to get modest discounts on t… Read More
WDSU Investigates has also obtained records and receipts from the trip, which show Cantrell and the two others, also upgraded their plane tickets to first class and business class, and a Cit… Read More
Nearly all of the 57 people on Louisiana's death row have asked Gov. John Bel Edwards to spare their lives, a historic request made after Edwards broke his silence on how he views capital pu… Read More
Gov. John Bel Edwards and Senate President Page Cortez triumphed on the biggest issue of the legislative session this year by allocating more than $1.5 billion to state construction projects… Read More