Five candidates each have registered to run for Louisiana’s two vacant U.S. House seats as qualifying for the March 20 election wrapped up its first day.
The Stand Your Ground bill as well as several key pieces of legislation will be part of this week’s work at the State Capitol, as lawmakers finished a busy first week.
Music Mountain Water, based out of Shreveport, has released a statement following information that surfaced showing the company’s CEO, Marcus Wren, reportedly participated in the riots at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Jan. 6.
Rep. Cedric Richmond gave his final speech on the floor of the House of Representatives in a debate to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time.
Decorated retired Army Lt. General Russel Honore' who was Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina sharply criticizes the leadership of the U.S. Capitol Police force over this week's riot and siege of the Capitol building.
Many ArkLaTex area lawmakers are responding to the protests at the U.S. Capitol that are ongoing Wednesday, Jan. 6 as lawmakers there were in the process of confirming the Electoral College vote for the 2020 presidential election.
Alexandria businesswoman, Sandra “Candy” Christophe, has announced she will run for Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District seat in the upcoming special election.
Louisiana would broaden the mail-in balloting options for spring municipal elections and two upcoming special congressional elections because of the coronavirus pandemic, under an emergency elections plan that started advancing Tuesday with lawmakers.
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said that “in many ways” this year’s general election was stolen by President-elect Joe Biden, according to multiple reports.
Louisiana’s eight presidential electors gathered Monday, Dec. 14 in the Louisiana Senate chambers to cast their votes in the Electoral College for president.
Economic development takes center stage today with the Northwest Louisiana Legislative Summit taking place in Bossier City. Organizers describe it as a 'State of the State update.'
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana-born porn star Stormy Daniels has ended her year-long flirtation with politics with an announcement that she won't run against Sen. David Vitter.
Three of the four candidates still in the GOP Presidential race have planned stops in Shreveport ahead of the Louisiana Primary on Saturday, March 24th.
Marshall Mayor Chris Paddie has made his run for House District 9 official by filing for candidacy for the office. Paddie filed on Monday, the first day candidates can file to be on the ballot in 2012.
Polls in Louisiana close at 8:00 p.m. November 19. In addition to runoff races from the October 22 election, there is one constitutional amendment statewide and a parish-wide proposal authorizing an additional riverboat in Bossier. Click here for updated results
Larry Hanisee has been declared the winner of the Bossier City Council District 5 race, following a recount of the ballots from Saturday's election. The win is by a slimmer margin that the original tally that prompted the recount.
It was a heated race for the District 39 State Senate seat Saturday night, and in the end Senator Lydia Jackson pulled in 43% of the vote, not quite enough to win outright.
With all precincts reporting, Julian Whittington easily wins the race for Bossier Parish Sheriff. Julian Whittington - R 14,169 68%, Mike McConnell - R 4,156 20%, John Matlock - D 2,480 12%
The October 22nd election made Greg Tarver a runoff contender for the District 39 State Senate seat. He'll be facing Lydia Jackson, the current incumbent, who took over the position after Tarver stepped down in 2004. Tarver said Saturday night he's ready for a runoff and ready to regain the seat he gave up seven years ago.
Mayor Ray Nagin said he is "alarmed" by health care cuts the governor is proposing, including closure of the New Orleans Adolescent Hospital, saying they would hinder the region's recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
Four more highway projects, including the widening of Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge, will be funded with Louisiana's share of the federal stimulus package.
As more motorists complain about traffic tickets in their mailboxes, Louisiana lawmakers are considering ways to regulate or prohibit cameras that snap photos of moving violations.
Money will be the main thing on lawmakers' minds as they return to the Louisiana Capitol on Monday: the shortage of it in next year's budget and the amount some want to give away in tax breaks.
A Senate committee tackles Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposal to use $50 million from an economic development fund to keep open a chicken plant in north Louisiana.
Lawmakers opened a new regular session Monday with far fewer dollars than the last time they converged on the Capitol, and angst over the state's budget woes is expected to overshadow debate on most everything else.
Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration's strict anti-tax stance came under criticism after a Jindal adviser voiced opposition to legislation that would pay for highway construction by raising fuel taxes.
Lawmakers have delayed action on a proposal to protect doctors and pharmacists if they refuse to provide health care services because of religious or moral objections.
Public colleges across Louisiana will increase their tuition costs for students by as much as 5 percent next year, raising $29 million to help offset planned budget cuts to the schools.
Louisiana lawmakers are preparing to spend $9.2 million to bail out a financially struggling private golf course near Avondale that has already consumed $18.4 million in public funds.
A central piece of Gov. Bobby Jindal's new deal with the New Orleans Saints, to have team owner Tom Benson acting as the state's landlord, crossed its first legislative hurdle Monday.
Allies of Gov. Bobby Jindal have defeated an effort to make the governor and other elected officials report the identity of any person they have appointed to a government post and who donates at least $1,000 to their campaigns.
Plans to spend $783 million in state surplus cash have won easy passage from a House committee - with very little public discussion of much of the spending.
Bossier City Mayor Lo Walker and Caddo Parish District 6 Representative Lindora Baker ran unopposed for their offices for the upcoming April 4 election.
