Florida Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida led a successful effort to topple House Speaker Kevin McCarthy by getting a few Republicans and every Democrat to vote for his removal. Baton Rouge Republican Congressman Garret Graves…
New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter says he voted for the motion to remove McCarthy because the speakership has been dysfunctional since day one and Americans deserve better.
The next two years will fuel nearly 81 thousand new jobs in the Bayou State, according to Economist Dr. Loren Scott. Scott says seven large projects in the industrial construction industry, will increase job gain in south Louisiana…
Those jobs are in the New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lake Charles regions which have $154 billion worth of industrial construction projects in queue. Scott says he’s unusally optimistic about the Alexandria region which he predicts will increase employment by 4,200 jobs over the next two years.
Cleco has launched a new online energy-savings store at ClecoMarketplace-dot-com. Marianne Addy with Cleco says energy-efficiency savings will be available to customers on the spot.
Because energy efficiency can be hard to understand, Addy says they help simplify the process and all of their products are guaranteed by the marketplace and manufacturers.
Thirty-three-year-old Ian Howard accepts a plea deal and will spend the rest of his life in prison for fatally shooting Lafayette Police Corporal Michael Middlebrook six years ago. Lafayette District Attorney Don Landry …
Middlebrook was gunned down in the line of duty when responding to shots fired at a convenience store. Howard also shot two store employees and another officer and received 50 years for each victim…