One of the biggest stories from Louisiana’s 2026 legislative session, which wrapped up yesterday, was lawmakers approving a new congressional map that removes one of the state’s majority-Black districts. Legislative Black Caucus Chairman Edmond Jordan, had this message for his Republican colleagues:
Cut 12 (12) “a racist act”
Republicans say the map follows traditional redistricting standards and was not drawn to unfairly favor or disadvantage voters based on race.

Other critics of the this session are also pointing to the failure of teacher pay raises and additional funding for private school vouchers. Erin Bendily with the Pelican Institute also questioned what she describes as millions spent on legislative pet projects.
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Governor Landry is addressing the teacher pay raise matter today.

Hurricane Season began Monday and Nyka Scott with Entergy urges residents to be prepared…:
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She says Entergy is two years into a $1.9 billion plan to strengthen and upgrade Louisiana’s power grid.

The College baseball transfer window opened yesterday and five members of the 2026 LSU roster have already entered their names. Kace Kieschnick has the story:
Cut 3 (33) “I’m Kace Kieschnick”