Mike the Tiger

Attorney General Jeff Landry talks to reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 7, 2022.

Politics

From a big mayor’s race upset to Landry’s live tiger move, recapping a year in Louisiana politics

Brooke Thorington

Capitol Access reporter Brooke Thorington and LSU political science professor Robert Hogan review the year in politics.

A live tiger is rolled into Tiger Stadium before an NCAA college football game between LSU and Alabama in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Local News

LSU student arrested over threats to governor who wanted a tiger at college football games

An LSU student who is accused of threating to kill Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has been arrested.

Paul Marx, former Mike the Tiger caretaker

Jim Engster

Former Mike the Tiger caretaker Paul Marx, a well-known lawyer in Baton Rouge, remembers caring for Mike II and even bringing him to his family home one…