It’s a huge political networking event and D-C Mardi Gras is happening this week in our nation’s capital. Events are underway all this week with a dinner dance on Friday and a Mardi Gras Ball on Saturday. But LaPolitics publisher and editor Jeremy Alford says amid all the parties and pageantry, there are big issues and storylines.

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Louisiana had a net population gain last year. The U.S. Census Bureau says between July 1st, 2024, and June 30th, 2025, Louisiana added about 33-hundred people to its population total. But demographer Greg Rigamer says last year’s growth here still pales compared to the growth seen in neighboring states like Texas, Tennessee, Florida and North Carolina.

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Rockin’1000 is a gathering of one-thousand musicians on the same stage, and they come from all walks of life and of all ages. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Repair crews are still hard at work in north Louisiana, trying to get utility polies back up and transformers back online.   In a news release yesterday, Entergy officials said restoration crews continue to make progress but they’re performing presision work that cannot be rushed without compromising safety, especially in the extreme cold.  As of this morning, some 53-thousand customers are still without power.