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In the Mississippi Delta, a crucial agricultural region, farmers say their patience is wearing thin. Reeling from the effects of tariffs, they must now also navigate rising fertilizer and fuel costs.
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Lawmakers adjusted funding amounts, added organizations that had not been vetted and gave themselves broader authority over how the money could be spent. -
All officers will receive at least a 15% raise, non-sworn employees will receive a 3.5% raise and the police chief will receive a 5.9% raise. The base pay for a sworn officer would be kicked up from about $41,000 to about $58,000 under this plan. -
Commissioners approved three gas power plants for Meta’s ‘Hyperion’ data center, the first project in Richland Parish, last year, bringing the total to ten. -
Efforts to attract more aerospace industry to the state advanced from the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs committee on Monday. That’s despite a fiscal note not detailing how much this could cost the state general fund in future revenue. -
The air monitors called for in Senate Bill 356, sponsored by Sen. Royce Duplessis, D-New Orleans, would have provided early warning for neighbors to seek safety in the event of a toxic pollution release. -
A little-known turtle found only in Louisiana and Mississippi now has a slow but steady proposed plan from the federal government to save its species. -
TOPS recipients who lose their state-funded scholarships would have to repay them, under a bill that barely got out of the House Education Committee. -
Two bills for a proposed constitutional convention to revise the state’s constitution are advancing in the legislature. -
The parents of former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy have filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana State Police, alleging officers falsely implicated Lacy in a December 2024 fatal crash on Louisiana Highway 20. -
The Louisiana Public Service Commission is scheduled to take up Entergy's procedural motion at its session on Wednesday (April 15).
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