Among Governor Landry’s first actions in office was overturning the appeals process for high school seniors who fail the LEAP exam. Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says Landry mentioned early on that he was against this particular proposal for waving those graduation requirements…
Library visits in Louisiana were up more than 20-percent in 2022 and State Librarian Meg Placke says they were busy answering 2.5 million reference questions online and in person the same year. She invites even more visitors to research what’s going on at their local library…
54-percent of Louisianans are library card holders…
One of Jeff Landry’s first acts as governor is calling lawmakers to the state capitol for a redistricting session. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Houma Police are investigating a fatal shooting involving two men from Alabama. The incident happened around 1:30 Saturday morning at a sports bar. Police say Christopher Boutwell of Theodore shot the victim Marvin Reed of Mobile multiple times. Both are 39 years old. Boutwell is charged with second degree murder.