The Louisiana Senate has responded to last month’s fatal mass shooting at the Mall of Louisiana–passing legislation that would result in a death penalty charge the next time a gunman fires shots into a crowd and kills someone. Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh added an amendment to a House-approved bill that expands the definition of first-degree murder to such a situation.

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The measure needs approval from the House before it’s sent to the governor’s desk for his signature.

The Louisiana Department of Health has released its annual report card on drinking water. L-D-H Chief Engineer Steven Joubert says there are fewer “D” and “F” graded systems — it went down from 105 in 2024 to 90 in 2025.

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Sixty-seven-percent, or 608, of the state’s 909 community public water systems received “A” grade.

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing tomorrow to discuss a new Congressional district map. Democrats are calling for the Republican led legislature to pass a map that contains two majority-minority districts, but ULM political science professor Pearson Cross says that will be difficult to do…

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Streaming on Louisiana Public Broadcasting is an episode of Louisiana Spotlight that explores the challenges facing Louisiana’s struggling shrimping industry. Producer Oscar Tickle…

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The show is called Empty Boats, Foreign Shrimp and it is the latest episode of Louisiana Spotlight.