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Louisiana’s top weather official said the 2026 hurricane season is expected to produce an average number of storms, perhaps slightly less. -
Morris’ recent land deals in light of Meta’s Hyperion data center buildout are raising questions about whether the senator violated state laws designed to prohibit self-dealing. -
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Two seats are open on the commission regulating Louisiana’s utilities in this November’s election. -
While the state’s largest teachers' unions supported Amendment 3 on the May 16 ballot, some educators opposed the measure, and some union affiliates remained neutral as a result. -
Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a Republican-backed map that would drop Louisiana to just one congressional district that favors Democrats. -
All East Baton Rouge city-parish employees are set to receive a raise soon, after the Metro Council approved a plan in a 10-1 vote Wednesday. -
A high school in the Bywater focused on coastal restoration and sustainability is set to close this summer. It leaves a unique legacy. -
Republicans prevailed in a 4-3 party-line vote to approve Senate Bill 121, which keeps a single majority-Black district that stretches from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. -
The state’s official revenue forecast was lowered by more than $200 million across the next two budget years.
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