A fourth escapee from Friday’s jail break at the Orleans Parish jail has been captured. State Police say 21-year-old Gary Price was taken into custody in New Orleans east last night and Price will now be transferred to a secure facility outside of New Orleans. A lot of attention is on the protocols at the New Orleans jail. Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams…

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The 2025 Louisiana Survey, which is conducted by LSU, finds that majorities of both Republicans and Democrats say the state income and sales taxes are too high. Louisiana’s state income tax was lowered at the start of the year, while the state sales tax rose to five percent. Louisiana Survey Director Michael Henderson….

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The survey shows that while citizens want lower taxes, they would like to see more money spent on roads and they support funding for educational expenses for families and higher pay for school teachers.

Carrie Castille has been named the new president at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Castille is an agriculture and natural resources consultant, most recently supporting the USDA during the presidential transition. She also has ten years’ experience in higher education, most recently as senior vice chancellor and senior vice president of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. Castille says one of the first things she will do once she takes over as university president is to go on a listening tour.

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Doctor Castille will assume the presidency following U-L System Board approval of her appointment and contract.

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. LSU Health Shreveport Professor of Urology Dr. Kevin Hebert…

Cut 4 (09) “…see and treat”

It’s unknown if the former president, who is 82 years old, has been screened for prostate cancer in recent years.  Most doctors do not screen men in their late 70s or 80s.