The 2026 legislative session gets underway at noon today. State lawmakers have filed more than 13-hundred bills. House Bill 1, which is the budget bill, is one of the most important pieces of legislation. Lapolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says the biggest budget fight could involve the L-A Gator Program. Governor Landry wants to double the funding for the voucher program that helps eligible families pay for private school tuition and other education expenses…
In Lake Charles, McNeese hosts the men’s and women’s Southland Conference basketball tournaments. McNeese Sports Information Director Matthew Bonnette says the men and women hoops teams have a chance to win both tournaments…
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Nicholls plays tonight after eliminating Northwestern last night.
A new statewide poll of Louisiana voters finds that their biggest concern is what’s in their pocketbook. Kace Kieschnick has the story.
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Here are the other headlines on this Monday….the ground was shaking in Red River Parish again this morning as there were four small earthquakes within ten minutes of each other.
About a dozen homes were flooded in the South Carrollton neighborhood in New Orleans because of a water main break.
And if you are flying out of Louis Armstrong Airport in Kenner, get there early because the TSA checkpoint line is extremely long due to sickouts as TSA workers are not getting paid because of the partial government shutdown.