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Deadline approaches to claim state tax refunds

Monday is the deadline to claim millions of dollars in state tax refunds before they move to the state’s Unclaimed Property fund.

Gov. Edwards holds UCG meeting on continuing wildfires, urges adherence to burn ban

Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness held a Unified Command Group meeting and activated the State Emergency Operations Center in response to hundreds of wildfires impacting the state and the threat of more fires spreading due to...

FEMA’s disaster relief fund is running low on cash. What happens now?

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief fund is in desperate need of cash, with the agency projecting at least a $4 billion deficit in the weeks ahead — even as the government responds to devastating fires in Hawaii and hurricane season continues.

Doctorate-seeking graduate assistants at LSU to get raise

In a reversal, LSU announced it will offer pay raises to all Ph.D. degree-seeking graduate assistants, after initially excluding about 200 students on grants.

88th Annual Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival slated for Labor Day Weekend

Louisiana’s oldest chartered harvest festival is scheduled to celebrate 88 years of tradition and family fun this upcoming Labor Day Weekend, Aug. 31 - Sept. 4.

LSU Tri-Parish graduates listed

LSU awarded 1,039 degrees to graduates at the university’s 311th commencement exercises Aug. 11, the highest number of degrees awarded during summer commencement ever. The previous record was 969 graduates in summer 2021.

Excessive heat, drought may lead to economic losses for Louisiana crops and cattle

Extreme heat and periods of drought this summer will likely lead to losses in several of Louisiana’s agricultural sectors.

State's jobless rate drops to 3.4%

Data released today by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that Louisiana has once again set all-time records for both the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July 2023 is 3.4 percent, the lowest rate in series history.

LPB to air documentary on Cajundome’s Katrina chapter

In the hours following the landfall of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, flooding drove tens of thousands of evacuees away from their homes. Exhausted and desperate, over 18,000 evacuees left with little more than the clothes on their backs and headed to Lafayette toward the Cajundome Arena.

Newly announced First Solar facility will rely on UL Lafayette research, grads

First Solar, the largest solar energy manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere, announced Thursday that it will build its fifth U.S. manufacturing facility at Acadiana Regional Airport in New Iberia.