Frontiersman Jim Bowie, who was born in Kentucky and died at the Alamo, actually became famous during the years he spent growing up, working, and fighting in Louisiana.
Secretary of State Nancy Landry announced that a local community center in the Orleans Parish would replace the normal polling place, New Orleans City Hall, because of the expected gridlock caused by concert-goers. The state's early voting began Oct. 18 and continues through Tuesday, Oct. 29. There is no early voting on Sunday, Oct. 27.
Joining her will be country star Luke Bryan and former NFL star and fellow Louisiana native Peyton Manning. In addition, on Thanksgiving Day, Wilson will perform at halftime of the New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys 3:30 p.m. matchup. The game airs on Fox from AT&T Stadium in Dallas.
Locally, AI has inspired new companies and new courses at local colleges and universities. Rob Lalka, Tulane professor and executive director of the Lepage Center, said it was important for the annual survey to gauge how entrepreneurs viewed the technology and its practical implications.
Opponents of a new law that requires displays of the Ten Commandments in Louisiana classrooms point out that its language includes a quote attributed to one of the nation’s founding fathers that he didn’t actually say.
Parents are also encouraged to search the state's sex offender registry to identify houses in your neighborhood that kids should not visit during trick-or-treating.
This is 13th Gate Haunted House in downtown Baton Rouge, named the top haunted attraction this year by haunted house directory hauntworld.com. I visit on a Friday, when the line stretches around St. Philip Street and down South Boulevard.
Louisiana Tech downed UTEP 14-10 to improve to 2-2 in Conference USA play. Despite only seven total rushing yards, the Bulldogs' defense was the difference maker, holding the Miners to 1-14 on third down conversions.
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For this article, we wanted to breakdown which ZIP codes are the most expensive in Louisiana. This state is comparatively poor, with lower incomes on average compared to the United States overall. But this lack of wealth is very unevenly distributed.
Two Baton Rouge based therapists filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to challenge a Louisiana law governing specific terms you can use in a counseling practice.
The French-themed luncheon and awards ceremony serves as a fundraiser to benefit a scholarship program for the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana, or CODOFIL.
Louisiana’s chief elections official has authorized a temporary alternative voting site for certain precincts in Orleans Parish that expect to be inundated with heavy traffic and road closures for this weekend’s Taylor Swift concerts.
Louisiana’s 2020 Teacher of the Year is suing the state over a new law that requires public schools to post the Ten Commandments, arguing it makes teachers complicit in promoting religion and conveying to students that some faiths are superior to others.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Middle Louisiana heard arguments and witness testimony on Gov. Jeff Landry's House Bill 71, which requires public schools
A federal judge considers a First Amendment challenge to a new state-wide requirement that every public school classroom display a poster with the biblical set of laws.
He was inspired to become a doctor and research clinician by his father, a math teacher who was very scientifically oriented. Now, this Louisiana practitioner is an Amazon scholar and a forward-thinker in obesity technology.
The reality is that we are facing a projected revenue shortfall that many say will exceed $700 million and could balloon to over $1.5 billion if we do not act. This is caused from years of misguided fiscal policies and reliance on temporary federal relief funds.
A judge heard arguments in Federal Court in Baton Rouge Monday on whether he should temporarily block a new Louisiana law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan.
Get the latest UTEP vs. Louisiana Tech predictions ahead of Tuesday's Conference USA showdown. Free college football picks and predictions for October 22.
This year’s numbers appear to continue a new trend of increased turnout during early voting in Louisiana. Early voting accelerated during the 2020 race, in which Biden was fighting to wrest the Oval Office from Trump and the country was in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic without widely available vaccines.
House Speaker Mike Johnson urged CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday to release its full interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. The news show has denied deceptively editing the interview.
Early voting continues through October 29 (excluding Sunday, October 20 and Sunday, October 27) from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. On election day, November 5, the polls are open from 6 a.m.-8 p.m.
The Louisiana Gaming Control Board (LGCB) has released its September sports betting figures, revealing that more than $350 million was wagered through the state’s online and retail sportsbooks during the month. Mobile sportsbooks led, accounting for more ...
The program is part of the EPA's focus on environmental justice, with the agency's leader having visited Louisiana twice to highlight communities he says have been overburdened by pollution.
An enduring habit of the College Football Playoff committee was almost always ranking teams — at the least the teams that mattered, the teams at the top — by losses. Only in Year 1 (2014) and Year 10 (2023), both involving Florida State, did the committee deviate when it mattered.
Earlier this month, Gov. Jeff Landry signed a proclamation naming the day after Thanksgiving “Acadian Day” in honor of the Acadians and their contributions to the state.
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A legal battle over Louisiana’s controversial Ten Commandments law is set to unfold in court on Monday (Oct. 21) as state officials and opponents prepare to argue whether the law violates constitutional principles.
