Louisiana News
The Rolling Stones set to play New Orleans Jazz Fest 2024, opening Thursday
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - It looks like the third time is the charm as the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heri...
Apr 25, 2024
Municipal election day is Saturday for Ferriday, Monterey Fire Protection District No. 1
FERRIDAY, La. — This Saturday, the April 27 Municipal General Election will determine the next...
Apr 24, 2024
Would you like a cicada salad? The monstrous little noisemakers descend on a New Orleans menu
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - As the nation prepares for trillions of red-eyed bugs known as periodical cicadas...
Apr 19, 2024
New Black congressional district in Louisiana bows to politics, not race, backers say
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Politics and race are both factors in a pending court challenge of Louisiana's ne...
Apr 18, 2024
Facing a Republican revolt, House Speaker Johnson's plan for US aid to Ukraine, allies uncertain
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Tuesday against mou...
Apr 17, 2024
Louisiana lawmakers reject minimum wage raise
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Measures failed in a House committe Thursday that would have gradually incre...
Apr 12, 2024
Storms bring floods and damaging wind across the South; 1 dead in Mississippi
SLIDELL, La. (AP) - Severe storms blamed for a death in Mississippi spawned a tornado that demolishe...
Apr 11, 2024
New EPA rule says 218 US chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 200 chemical plants nationwide will be required to reduce toxic emission...
Apr 10, 2024
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, the New Orleans R&B singer behind the 1956 hit 'Ain't Got No Home,' dies
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Clarence "Frogman" Henry, who was one of New Orleans' best known old-ti...
Apr 09, 2024
Louisiana's transgender 'bathroom bill' clears first hurdle
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A bill that that would effectively bar transgender people in Louisiana from ...
Apr 09, 2024