If you’re owed a state income tax refund, don’t wait too long to claim it. The Louisiana Department of Revenue has mailed nearly 23,000 letters to individual and business taxpayers with unclaimed refunds. Spokesman Byron Henderson says anyone who doesn’t claim the money by September 4th will have it transferred to the state’s Unclaimed Property Division…

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Patterson Junior High School Principal Lauren Rentrop has been named Louisiana’s Principal of the Year by the Department of Education. Patterson Junior High was St. Mary Parish’s highest-performing middle school on the 2025 LEAP assessment, and under Rentrop’s leadership, the school has improved its performance by 18 points over the past six years. Rentrop shared her excitement during the award presentation…

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Take extra precautions if you’re spending time outdoors through at least the first half of this week as dangerous heat and humidity grip Louisiana. Andrew Greenstein has more.

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Louisiana homeowners continue to pay some of the highest insurance premiums in the country. According to Leaders for a Better Louisiana, the average annual premium is nearly $6,000. CEO Adam Knapp says that’s about 2.4 times the national average and among the highest in the South…

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