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2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1588+ words) U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow outside the Ascension Parish Courthouse. It was Dec. 11, 2020, only six days after Luke Letlow had won an open seat to represent the 5th Congressional District that stretched from Monroe south to the Florida Parishes. He was still on…...

9+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1114+ words) Here is Scotlandville, which was once its own unincorporated town but is now part of Baton Rouge. It’s a nearly all Black community of 10,000 people that has been, for the second time, shuffled around on the state’s congressional map to…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (149+ words) We need to insist on term limits for our U.S. congressmen and women. We also need to insist on a mandatory retirement age. We have many senators and representatives who have overstayed their welcome in our Capitol. We actually had one…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (328+ words) I became a caregiver in 2010 when the man I was dating, an Army National Guard officer, suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury on the Ouiska Chitto River the day after signing paperwork declaring his intention to retire from the military....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (625+ words) 12 Years a Slave is one of the many films and TV series shot in Louisiana in the last few years. New Orleans alone had 60 productions in 2013. In this image from video, impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (99+ words) When the president of the United States bans certain reporters from the White House because he does not like their reporting, he forgets that reporters, like all people in this country, have a First Amendment right to be skeptical. It…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (669+ words) U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee speaks during a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, in Washington. Dr. Heidi Overton, deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, speaks…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (397+ words) For more than 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has allowed federal agencies to work with developers to design guardrails for projects that reduce harm to imperiled wildlife. This week, a rule change is going into effect that attempts to remove…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (128+ words) I still can't believe we haven't stopped the divisive actions to create electoral districts to (supposedly) ensure the Black vote is guaranteed representation. Whether created along racial lines, political party lines, religious lines or (perish the thought!) favorite sports team…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (826+ words) Chief of Staff Megan Bel Miller advises House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, during a committee meeting. After nearly a decade as Scalise's top aide, Miller is leaving in September 2026 to start her own consulting business. WASHINGTON – After nearly a…...