House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, left, and House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, listen as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, at Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque, Iowa, en route to a campaign rally. U.S. Rep. Troy A. Carter…
Democrat Jamie Davis, left, and Republican Julia Letlow, speak at Election Day events. Letlow narrowly defeated Davis in a race for U.S. Senate that was far closer than expected. Jamie Davis rode the same wave that turned the nation blue in…
In congressional elections on Tuesday, Louisiana narrowly chose Julia Letlow as its newest U.S. senator. We congratulate Letlow on her campaign. She will be the first Republican woman to represent the state in the U.S. Senate. We also note that her Democratic…
Aerial view of the Waterford 3 nuclear power plant in 2018. A Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection found the reactor has not kept radiation monitoring equipment properly calibrated since 2006. (Entergy Operations Inc.) On Sept. 21, the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury voted to support…
Re: “Stop Congress before it bans the THC drinks industry,” Oct. 30. I have practiced family medicine since 1977. The guest column by Sarah Collier presents a sanitized picture of THC-infused drinks. There exists in the medical literature little or no evidence…
Re: âJeff Landry sounds off on his role in LSU sports, hiring Lane Kiffin: âI do not like to lose,ââ Nov. 2. A tiger sits in his cage on the field before LSUâs game with Alabama…
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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Parish’s early vote count was still going two and a half hours after polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, with results finishing at about 10:30 p.m., according to the parish registrar of voters. Early vote…
The votes are in and Julia Letlow has won the seat for U.S. Senate in Louisiana by 25,857 votes. Letlow had a total of 745,963 votes and Jamie Davis had 720,106, according to results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. Here's what the winning…
Jamie Davis, Julia Letlow ORG XMIT: BAT2610021551150112 Julia Letlow came out victorious on Tuesday in the race to become Louisiana’s next senator — a contest that was unexpectedly close as voters rallied around Democrat Jamie Davis. While Letlow, a North Louisiana Republican,…
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