These 3 East Baton Rouge Parish tax renewals are on the June 27 ballot. See the details. BY CLAIRE GRUNEWALD | Staff writer 3 hrs ago East Baton Rouge Parish has three parishwide tax votes on the ballot Saturday where voters will decide on funding for the library system, Council on Aging, and parks and recreation agency.
+2 ¶¶Òõh joins national push to study psychedelic treatments: ‘I believe it will save lives’ BY ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writer 4 hrs ago Louisiana is joining a growing list of states working to expand psychedelic-assisted therapy to treat addiction, PTSD and other conditions.
Is ¶¶Òõh giving too much to college football? Some lawmakers are starting to wonder. BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writer 5 hrs ago As Louisian pours millions into making LSU a football juggernaut, some state lawmakers have started to raise concerns that the state is too often putting football ahead of other priorities.
¶¶Òõh Gov. Jeff Landry vetoes over $12M in local projects — many of them in New Orleans BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writer 15 hrs ago Gov. Jeff Landry used his veto power to cut over $12 million in state funding for local governments and community organizations in blue-leaning areas of the state, with roughly half the cuts a…
+4 Jeff Landry signs executive order on protecting ratepayers, but defends ¶¶Òõh data centers BY ANDREA GALLO AND SAM KARLIN | Staff writers 17 hrs ago Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order Thursday while flanked by ¶¶Òõh utility company executives saying that data center projects must have their benefits to citizens “evaluated and b…
Gov. Jeff Landry appoints two new members to LSU Board of Supervisors. Here’s what to know. BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer 18 hrs ago Gov. Jeff Landry has appointed two new members of the LSU Board of Supervisors, the latest fluctuation on a board that has seen several changes in recent months.
Louisian’s Bill Cassidy changes position on Iran war votes after briefing from JD Vance BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer 21 hrs ago WASHINGTON – Hours after an angry encounter with President Donald Trump over his vote directing an end of hostilities in Iran, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy changed his position on the issue, voting …
Parts of New Orleans region to vote Saturday for influential Louisian public utilities board BY ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writer Jun 25, 2026 State Rep. Stephanie Hilferty of New Orleans and former Jefferson Parish President John Young are running in a Republican primary to represent southeast ¶¶Òõh on the powerful state board t…
Attack ad barrage, slim turnout: ¶¶Òõh Senate race has Letlow, Fleming down to the wire BY TYLER BRIDGES | Staff writer Jun 25, 2026 In the final days of an increasingly divisive Senate Republican campaign, the race has come down to this: Can President Donald Trump and the avalanche of negative ads against treasurer John Fl…
Louisian’s Bill Cassidy and Donald Trump had a shouting match over the Iran war BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer Updated 15 hrs ago WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy and President Donald Trump got into shouting match Wednesday during a closed-door meeting with Republican senators.
+3 Baton Rouge judge adds St. George, other cities to lawsuit over district attorney funding BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER | Staff writer Jun 24, 2026 As District Attorney Hillar Moore continues to fight in court for more funding for his office, all of the parish’s cities must now join the case as defendants alongside the East Baton Rouge Pa…
Either Jamie Davis or Gary Crockett will make history in Louisian’s Democratic Senate runoff BY TYLER BRIDGES | Staff writer Jun 24, 2026 One of two men who grew up in rural northeast ¶¶Òõh will make history Saturday by becoming the first Black U.S. Senate campaign finalist in ¶¶Òõh since Reconstruction.
Bill Cassidy helps Senate pass resolution directing Trump to end war in Iran BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer Jun 23, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy joined Democrats and three Republican colleagues Tuesday to help pass a House-backed resolution directing President Donald Trump to withdraw troops from the…
Court order spurs call to pause vote on Gov. Landry’s teacher stipend, budget cut plan By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Jun 23, 2026 A court order temporarily blocking Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to cut public school funding spurred calls to pause a legislative vote on the plan, even as lawmakers faced a Tuesday evening deadlin…
¶¶Òõh Rastafarian man can’t sue prison staff who shaved his dreadlocks, Supreme Court says BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer Jun 23, 2026 WASHINGTON – Though sympathetic that his religious rights had been violated when his dreadlocks were shaved, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday morning that a Louisiana inmate can’t sue pris…
An Australian woman is charged with voter fraud in ¶¶Òõh. Here’s what she says happened. BY ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writer Jun 23, 2026 An Australian native and longtime ¶¶Òõh resident who was indicted for noncitizen voting said she didn’t know she was breaking the law and thought state officials would have stopped her if …
+2 Social Security’s financial crisis is getting closer. What should Congress do about it? BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer Updated Jun 22, 2026 WASHINGTON — Nearly 1 million ¶¶Òõh seniors — about 17.4% of the state’s population — will see their monthly Social Security check drop significantly unless Congress can make changes enoug…
Senate race between Julia Letlow, John Fleming could be closer than expected. Here’s why. BY TYLER BRIDGES | Staff writer Jun 21, 2026 U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow appeared to hold an insurmountable advantage coming out of the Republican Senate primary on May 16 when she led state Treasurer John Fleming by 17 points and nearly won …
Bill Cassidy blasted Trump’s Iran deal. What do the people running to replace him think? BY TYLER BRIDGES | Staff writer Jun 19, 2026 The two Democrats running to replace U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy have joined him in condemning President Donald Trump’s deal with Iran, while the two Republican candidates have voiced support for t…
+6 Baton Rouge sports complex Elite Training Academy could grow, with help from a new tax district BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER | Staff writer Jun 19, 2026 Baton Rouge’s Elite Training Academy has hopes to expand its footprint to add more than a dozen baseball fields, a stadium and more, aided partially by a new economic development district near…
Breakdown over U.S. spy powers shows tensions between Trump, Republicans in Congress BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer Updated Jun 18, 2026 WASHINGTON – America’s intelligence agencies are no longer allowed to spy on foreigners without a warrant because Congress still has not reauthorized the law that would allow them to do so.
Judge blocks Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to cut school budgets to fund teacher stipends By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Updated Jun 18, 2026 A ¶¶Òõh judge halted Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to pay for teacher stipends by cutting public school funding by nearly $170 million after advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing that Landr…
+3 As weight-loss drugs like Wegovy become common, ¶¶Òõh allows obesity treatment by telehealth BY ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writer Jun 18, 2026 Louisian has lifted a ban on treating the obesity via telehealth as GLP-1 drugs continue to revolutionize the treatment of the condition.
Bill Cassidy blasts Trump’s Iran peace deal: ‘Reagan is rolling over in his grave’ BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer Updated Jun 17, 2026 WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy condemned President Donald Trump’s 14-point deal pausing hostilities with Iran, which is slated to be signed Friday in Switzerland.
+3 ¶¶Òõh cracks down on restaurant worker attacks as Gov. Jeff Landry signs new law BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writer Updated Jun 17, 2026 Standing behind a McDonald’s counter in Baton Rouge on Wednesday morning, Gov. Jeff Landry signed a law he says will help protect restaurant workers from attacks.
+6 Despite outcry, most ¶¶Òõh school districts can afford teacher stipends, auditor says By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Updated Jun 16, 2026 School superintendents might not like Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to cut their budgets to pay for teacher stipends — but most school districts can afford it.
Australian woman charged with voting illegally in ¶¶Òõh, could face 5 years in prison BY ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writer Updated Jun 16, 2026 An Australian woman who is a legal permanent resident and lives in Franklinton was charged with federal crimes for illegally voting in two elections in 2022 and 2024, according to the U.S. Dep…
The fight in Congress over college athletics drags on, with ¶¶Òõh lawmakers in key roles BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer Updated Jun 16, 2026 Two competing bills promise to fix college sports, and ¶¶Òõh lawmakers are at the center of it.