State

Fête Dieu du Têche celebrated with start in Franklin

The ninth annual Fête Dieu du Têche held on Tuesday drew thousands of Roman Catholics from around South Louisiana and beyond to celebrate their faith, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the arrival of the Acadians in Louisiana after th

NOAA ups hurricane forecast

Scientists at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center — a division of the National Weather Service — have increased their prediction for the ongoing 2023 Atlantic hurricane season from a near-normal level of activity to an above-normal level of activity

LA Wallet to help users check for unclaimed assets

State Treasurer John M. Schroder has announced a partnership between the Louisiana Treasury Unclaimed Property program and LA Wallet, the state’s leading digital identification platform.

Louisiana is a leader in carbon capture

Millions of dollars of investments in new carbon capture projects in Louisiana — with more announced this past week — are unwelcome developments to some environmental activists in the state.

Patent issued for feral hog bait developed by LSU scientists

After years of research aimed at finding an effective way to control exploding populations of feral hogs, a patent has been issued for a bait developed by scientists with the LSU AgCenter and LSU Department of Chemistry.

State and regional qualifiers

Qualifiers for state and regional office include the following.
Governor
Benjamin Barnes, Independent, P.O. Box 152, Angola.
Patrick Henry “Dat” Barthel, Republican,