Louisiana reports its first vaping-related death. Kevin Barnhart has more…
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I-T officials are trying to get the state’s servers back up after an attempted ransomware attack forced the closure of the state’s O-M-V offices and D-C-F-S could not accept food stamp applications. Division of Administration spokesperson Jacques Berry…
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Full restoration of services could take a few days.

The 2019 election season is over and when you look ahead to next year, Republican Senator Bill Cassidy is up for re-election. All of Louisiana’s U-S House delegation is up for re-election in 2020. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says the only question is whether Congressman Ralph Abraham will retire. Stockley says a decision should be made soon…
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This past weekend voters in the small Livingston Parish towns of Livingston and Albany overwhelming approved the sale of liquor. Albany Mayor Eileen Bates-McCarroll says the new ordinance will boost the local economy by incentivizing development along the I-12 exit and hopefully bring a few new restaurants into town…
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Opponents of the liquor law change could result in more impaired drivers.