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A lawsuit filed against LSU for the school’s alleged mishandling of campus rape and sexual misconduct has been amended to now include Head Coach Ed Orgeron and the Tiger Athletic Foundation. Three additional women are also a part of the suit.

Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed a bill Friday that would allow a person 21-and-older to carry a concealed firearm without a permit or training.

Governor John Bel Edwards has signed legislation creating the framework to bet on a live sporting event and a bill that spells out where the tax revenues will go.

The price of a barrel of oil is up over $70 a barrel with experts saying that price is likely to continue to rise due to a number of factors.

Legislation backed by the state’s most powerful business lobby that would end federally enhanced unemployment benefits five weeks early in exchange for a slight increase in state weekly benefits is headed to the Governor’s desk.

In an interview for the podcast Only In Louisiana, Trina Edwards, the wife of Edwin Edwards, said the 93-year old former four term-governor is now confined to a wheelchair.

Julia Letlow was sworn into Congress Wednesday morning. She’s the first Republican female to ever serve in Congress for Louisiana and the first female since Senator Mary Landrieu in 2015.

A quarter of Louisianans have received at least one vaccine dose so far, good for only 40th in the country per capita.

Tucked into the American Rescue Act that was recently signed into law is a requirement that says states that accept aid are restricted from cutting taxes through 2024. Attorney General Jeff Landry joined other Republican AG’s in opposing the tax cut limitation.

Louisiana utility customers will receive extra time to pay off their high winter power bills from February’s historic winter weather that produced a huge demand for heat.