8.16.24 – (The Center Square) By Tom Gantert The city of New Orleans has made an emphasis to reduce violent crime. And it has achieved significant results through the first six months of 2024 as compared to the first half of 2023. Rapes are down 43%, homicides...
8.13.24 – GovTech – (TNS) Armed with federal infrastructure funding, Louisiana is gearing up to run a massive $1.36 billion grant program aimed at ensuring that every community, no matter how rural, has access to high-speed internet. Officials say the...
8.8.24 – BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) With the new school year starting up around the Baton Rouge area, Louisiana State Police are encouraging residents to drive safely in school zones, near school buses and when transporting children. “All motorists must remain...
8.2.24 – Stacker Despite a relatively low unemployment rate, Americans continue to fear job losses amid ongoing economic uncertainty. Stacker compiled a list of parishes with the highest unemployment rates in Louisiana using Bureau of Labor...
7.24.24 – Louisiana Illuminator Louisiana lawmakers won’t return to Baton Rouge in August to address tax and budget policy in a special session despite a last-minute push from Gov. Jeff Landry’s revenue secretary to do so, according to a handful of...
7.15.24 – New Orleans City Business Louisiana lawmakers held a hearing this week to discuss possible changes to the state’s tax code, a task made more urgent by a recent report that ranked the state near the bottom for its business climate. The Joint Ways &...
