In Louisiana, the state senate approved increasing the sports betting tax rate on Sunday from 15% to 21.5%. The house approved the measure on May 20 and the senate didn't make any changes to the bill.

Louisiana's ash scattering laws are permissive. Scatter on private land with permission, public land with permits, at sea (3+ miles out), or by air. Avoid unpermitted public spots.

As discount retailer Big Lots filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September and closed hundreds of stores, its leases were auctioned off. Three well-known retailers purchased former Big Lots stores ...

US News: NEW ORLEANS: Louisiana is poised to adopt new measures that watchdogs warn raise barriers to holding public officials accountable via the state's ethi.

Authorities in Louisiana have made arrests related to what investigators are calling a multimillion-dollar staged crash scheme. According to a news release from Louisiana State Police, an ...

A Bayou Chicot man is in jail in Lafayette, accused of threatening a priest and to shoot up the Diocese. Kenneth Vicknair, 73, is being held in the Lafayette jail on a charge of terrorizing, but ...

The number of Louisiana kindergarteners reading at or above grade level doubled during the 2024-25 school year, Louisiana Department of Education officials reported Thursday. That data comes from the ...

From school cafeterias to doctors’ offices, Louisiana’s Senate Bill 14, known as the “Make America Healthy Again” bill, is changing how the state approaches food, health and prevention.

Louisiana State Police are investigating two separate deadly crashes involving cyclists in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes. The first crash happened on June 1, around 8:30 p.m. on LA Hwy 57 near ...

Louisiana lawmakers pushed a bill through the state House of Representatives to ban so-called “chemtrails” over the belief that aircraft exhaust is somehow altering the weather.

Now, Stephens Media Group is preparing to exit a second market in the Bayou State. This time, SMG is spinning four stations in the Monroe, La., market to Warrior Media LLC: KMYY-FM in Rayville, La ...

Residents in urban areas are spotting more and more Louisiana black bears. Here's why they are out and what to do if you spot one.