President Joe Biden has immediate plans Tuesday to put significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the southern border. His plan becomes active when border encounters reach 2,500 per day, then any migrant without a reason to fear return to their country will be removed from the US within days or hours. Many Republicans including Senator Bill Cassidy question the president’s timing.

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Governor Jeff Landry and several of other Republican governors spoke at a diesel refinery in Chalmette to hammer the Biden administration’s energy policy and called on the president “to pursue an all-of-the-above energy approach” that will promote homegrown energy that benefits all Americans.

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When it comes to how education fared in the most recent legislative session, one advocacy group says it’s a mixed-bag. Brooke Thorington has more.

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Shreveport police are investigating a deadly shooting at a convenience store. It happened at the In and Out Mini Mart on Linwood Avenue. Police say the victim was shot in the head and died of his injuries. This is the 29th homicide in the city of Shreveport so far in 2024.