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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced a statewide hiring freeze to address a budget shortfall. The hiring freeze is projected to save the state $20 million annually. The budget shortfall follows ...
Wayne Winegarden covers the economic impacts of regulatory policies Numerous Louisiana parishes are suing oil and gas companies over coastal erosion. A Plaquemines Parish courtroom has a front row ...
LEADERS CONCERNED RIGHT NOW AS PERTUSSIS IS ON THE RISE HERE IN LOUISIANA. THAT’S RIGHT. AND WHEN IT COMES TO PERTUSSIS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS WHOOPING COUGH, WE’VE ALREADY SURPASSED THE NUMBER OF ...
Despite a small delegation, Louisiana's representatives hold key leadership positions and committee assignments. The state's influence extends across party lines, with both Republicans and ...
Louisiana lawmakers are considering a bill to extend TOPS tuition awards to students attending out-of-state medical and dental schools, provided they return to Louisiana to practice. The bill aims ...
Philadelphia Eagles receiver DeVonta Smith won his first Super Bowl in February at the Superdome in New Orleans, only one hour away from his hometown of Amite City, Louisiana. “I always carry ...
WE ARE ALREADY RANKED IN LOUISIANA AS DEAD LAST FOR SAFETY AND QUALITY FOR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS. THIS WOULD FURTHER INCENTIVIZE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES TO PROVIDE EVEN LESS FUNDING. ANDREW MOHL ...
They’d never treated a case. Decades later, the same unfamiliarity with a disease thought to be eliminated could ripple through emergency rooms in Louisiana as hospitals prepare for the ...
A Louisiana Senate committee unanimously approved a bill to improve the nutritional value of school meals. The bill, aligning with the "Make America Healthy Again" initiative, seeks to ban ultra ...
Between French Quarter revelry, Cajun and Creole eats, Mardi Gras celebrations, and everything in between, New Orleans is a classic Louisiana destination for visitors—but there's so much more to ...
The Louisiana Department of Health unveiled new initiatives to fight Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse and to address fatal overdoses during pregnancy at a press conference Monday. It was the first ...