The Louisiana Senate has approved a Congressional map that eliminates one of the two majority Black districts. Monroe Senator Jay Morris says under his proposal, the state’s congressional map will have five districts that will likely have Republican representation and one district likely represented by a Democrat.

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The state senate approved the map on a 27-10 party line vote. New Orleans Democrat Royce Duplessis says the map undoes all the progress that Blacks have made since the civil rights movement.

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Louisiana House members will begin debating the Senate approved Congressional map next week.

Tomorrow is election day and polls indicate a tight race for the two runoff spots in the Senate Republican Primary. Incumbent Bill Cassidy is seeking a third term, but he’s facing two well financed challengers with name recognition, Julia Letlow and John Fleming. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says even if Cassidy makes it to the run-off, there’s no guarantee he’ll will win…

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Five constitutional amendments are on tomorrow’s ballot. Constitutional Amendment One would allow the legislature to remove state government jobs from the civil service system and its protections without getting approval from the Civil Service Commission. Steven Procopio with the Public Affairs Research Council…

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On a 27-10 party line vote, the Louisiana Senate approves a new Congressional map that has five districts that favor Republican representation and one district that would likely be represented by a Democrat. Monroe Democrat Kantrina Jackson-Andrews pointed out to the bill’s author, West Monroe Republican Jay Morris, that registered Republican voters only make up a third of the state…

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The Congressional map debate shifts to the House as the lower chamber will also have to approve the map before it is sent to the governor’s desk.

Legislation has already been sent to the governor that reschedules the election dates for the U-S House races, which will shift back to an open primary, with the primary being held in November and the run-off in December.

When the calendar flips to 2027, you will no longer have to renew your vehicle inspection sticker. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Two-time state championship-winning football coach Joe Spatafora is leaving Union Parish. Spatafora says he’s the new head coach at Drew Central in Monticello, Arkansas…

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When the calendar flips to 2027, you will no longer have to renew your vehicle inspection sticker.

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A new study finds students in Louisiana are making the biggest gains in the US for reading and math growth. Governor Landry says we are also the only state that’s returned to pre-pandemic learning levels…:

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16 and 17-year-olds no longer need to obtain a work permit from their school board to obtain a part-time job. Governor Landry has signed House Bill 232 into law, removing a lot of the red tape that those teens had to go through in order to be able to work. The author of the legislation, Lafayette Republican Josh Carlson, says it was also a very cumbersome task for schools as well.

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Carlson says the old system actually prevented some minors from being able to work.

One of the most successful high school football coaches in north Louisiana is taking another high school job in Arkansas. Joe Spatafora, who won 179 games and two states at Union Parish, is leaving the Fighting Farmers to coach at Drew Central High School in Monticello, Arkansas. Spataford led U-P to state titles in 2013 and 2023…

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Union Parish assistant coach and former Arcadia head coach Demitri Carr is expected to replace Spatafora.

The political battle between Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and New Orleans leaders continues to escalate with Murrill now threatening to remove Mayor Helena Moreno and other elected officials for violating state law if they go through with an election for a new court clerk. UNO political science professor Ed Chervenak says the state can tell parishes and cities how they organize their government….

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Mayor Helena Moreno says Murrill has violated state law by threatening to remove her and others from office.

The legislature has sent to the Governor’s desk a bill that sets new election dates for the six US House races, and temporarily move them back to open primaries. House Governmental Affairs Chairman Beau Beaullieu was asked why this year’s U.S. House races can’t be closed primaries…:

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He says the 2026 House races will be an open primary in November, with a December runoff.

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says a fraud-detection platform called Anti-Fraud One, led to the arrest of six Ouachita Parish residents who were involved in a long-running insurance fraud scheme involving fire and water damage claims…

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Temple did not provide specific details of what the alleged fraud scheme entailed.

Education Scorecard ranks Louisiana first among states in reading growth from 2022 to 2025 and second among states in math growth over that same time frame. Governor Jeff Landry congratulates the students for achieving historic academic gains.

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This Scorecard follows the 2024 Nation’s Report Card, where Louisiana jumped 17 spots up to number-32 — the highest ranking in the state’s history.

The Louisiana Legislature has passed a bill that sets new election dates for the suspended U-S House races. The elections will move back to an Open Primary with the primary set for November third and a December 12^th runoff House Governmental Affairs Chairman Beau Beaullie was asked if it’s legal to have the Senate races as closed primaries while the House races are open primaries…

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Qualifying for U-S House open primaries will be August 5^th through the 7^th.

Coming up today on the Senate floor, Louisiana Senators will debate the bill that would return the state’s Congressional District map to five Republican majority districts and one Democratic majority district. The House Democratic delegation knows they do not have the votes to stop it, so litigation is likely once the bill is signed by Governor Landry.

Louisiana students continue to outperform most students when it comes to reading and math growth. According to a new report from the Education Scorecard, Louisiana ranked first among states in reading growth and second in math progress from 2022 to 2025. Governor Landry says when the same report came out last year, Louisiana held the same rankings in both metrics in the period from 2019-2024….

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The Louisiana Department of Insurance says six Ouachita Parish residents have been arrested following an investigation into a long-running insurance fraud scheme. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says a fraud-detection platform called Anti-Fraud One, identifyied a network of suspicious insurance claims…

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Louisiana is one of three states to using Anti-Fraud one.