Congresswoman Julia Letlow is one of the most well-liked politicians in the state and she’s facing a big decision according to The Advocate’s political reporter Tyler Bridges. Jeanne Burns has more…
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A Morgan City woman is working on a feature film about the first woman ever executed in the State of Louisiana. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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ESPN+ voice of the Ragin’ Cajuns, Dan McDonald, says Louisiana Tech will be a school Sun Belt fans love to hate. Kace Kieschnick has more.
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The big question in Louisiana politics is Congresswoman Julia Letlow’s next move. That’s according to The Advocate’s political reporter Tyler Bridges. Bridges says Letlow has three different options in front of her…run for re-election, challenge Bill Cassidy in next year’s U-S Senate race or put her hat into the ring as the next president of LSU…
If she decides to challenge Bill Cassidy in the Republican Primary, a decision is needed soon, because qualifying is in January.
The LSU presidential search committee is expected to begin its work next month, with the hope of naming a new president by the end of the year. Bridges says Letlow would be an outside-the-box candidate to lead LSU…
Bridges reports Letlow recently moved to Baton Rouge, and her home in Richland Parish is up for sale. Bridges says Letlow would not speak to him for this article, but he spoke with dozens of others, who believe if President Trump endorses Letlow for U-S Senate, she’ll get into the Senate race…
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Senator Cassidy was invited to the White House on Friday to celebrate the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill. But the President expressed his displeasure with Cassidy following his 2021 vote to convict Trump for the January sixth attack on the U-S Capitol.
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A Morgan City filmmaker is developing a feature film about the first woman ever executed in Louisiana. Ada Leboeuf was hanged in St. Mary Parish in 1929, along with her family physician, Dr. Tom Dreher, in connection with the murder of her husband. Matison LeBlanc learned of her story while attending film school at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, and decided that she wanted to tell her story in her project entitled “Ada and the Doc.” LeBlanc says Leboeuf had maintained her innocence right up until the moment she was executed.
For her senior year project, LeBlanc and her team produced a 15-minute short, and to say that it was a huge hit is putting it very mildly.
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And that got LeBlanc to move forward with the full-length feature film. The only thing is, it requires money, and it does not grow on trees.
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LeBlanc is looking to produce “Ada and the Doc” in Louisiana to take advantage of the state’s 40-percent film tax incentive. Her goal is to begin shooting in the summer of 2026 and begin the festival run, including the Cannes Film Festival, in 2027.
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The fallout from Louisiana Tech joining the Sun Belt is yet to be seen, but ESPN+ voice of the Cajuns, Dan McDonald, says so far, it’s all positive. While some fans may hold old grudges, McDonald says it’s time university officials let bygones be bygones.
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McDonald encouraged fans to keep their passion, however. He says historic, personal rivalries are what have made college football into what it is today, and there’s no better example than the in-state battles LA Tech’s addition will revive.
McDonald says Louisiana Tech makes even more sense geographically than Texas State did. In an era of national conference realignment and expansion, he says the Sun Belt is built to stay together.
LA Tech will make the official move in 2026 or 2027
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Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser is hailing the cancellation of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project. The lieutenant governor, who was the president of Plaquemines Parish before being elected to his current office, says the project was ineffective as the budget soared into the stratosphere.
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Nungesser says not only was the project a waste of money, but it was also a waste of time.
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The project is being replaced with a smaller scale project called the Myrtle Grove project, which Nungesser says will achieve the goal in a much more cost-effective way.
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Former Congressman Garret Graves once led the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. In a statement, he says the cancellation will result in one of the largest setbacks for the coast and the protection of coastal communities in decades.
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