The entry of Waguespack offers an alternative to GOP voters and donors who are reluctant to back Attorney General Jeff Landry because of his far-right leaning on social issues.
Source: LA Illuminator
The entry of Waguespack offers an alternative to GOP voters and donors who are reluctant to back Attorney General Jeff Landry because of his far-right leaning on social issues.
Source: LA Illuminator
American Rescue Plan Act funds, federal funds intended to help local governments make up for losses suffered during the COVID pandemic, will be used to buy the land.
Source: The Advocate
Wilson appears to be the only major Democrat who will run for governor this year. His party affiliation is one challenge in a state where no Democrat other than Gov. John Bel Edwards has won a statewide office since 2007.
Source: The Advocate
Using computer simulations, scientists at Princeton University calculate that the deadly storm combos that used to happen once every few decades could happen every two or three years as the world warms from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.
Source: The Advocate
UL submitted the lone entry. LCG announced a tentative deal with the university last year.
Source: KPEL
The company had planned to non-renew the over 200,000 policies it had in force across the country, including about 30,000 in Louisiana, as part of a solvent runoff this year.
Source: KATC
The library board of control adopted policy changes Wednesday during a four-hour meeting in which Board President Robert Judge projected onto a large screen several drawings from a library book depicting sex acts.
Source: The Advocate
The definitions of sexually explicit materials and sexual conduct contained in the library board’s proposed policy changes are exactly the same as those used in sample legislation included in the “Protecting Innocence Report” released recently by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a candidate for governor.
Source: The Advocate
The Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Civil Rights, in a Jan. 18 letter, notified Lafayette resident Ann Burruss that her complaint of racial discrimination has been accepted for investigation.
Source: The Advocate
Louisiana was one of 21 states where AP and Stanford amassed sufficient data. Its 19,000-plus missing kids represent 2.4% of the state’s school-age population of nearly 800,000 children, the highest percentage among the 21 states measured.
Source: The Advocate
Boulet has led the Acadiana Planning Commission for the last seven years. She is the daughter of former Gov. Kathleen Blanco. Also in the race, current Mayor-President Josh Guillory and attorney Jan Swift. All three candidates are running as Republicans.
Source: The Advocate
The commissioner said the entry of new insurers into Louisiana will benefit not just Citizens customers, who by law must pay premiums 10% higher than the market average, but also homeowners throughout the state.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
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