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Governor signs bill upping criminal penalties for abortion providers

Piper Hutchinson / Louisiana Illuminator
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed some of the nation’s strictest abortion restrictions into law, increasing the criminal penalties for abortion providers under the state’s trigger laws.
UL Lafayette’s Dr. Scott France aboard the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during a past expedition. He has returned to the ship as part of a three-week research voyage to explore uncharted depths of the North Atlantic Ocean. (Submitted photo)

UL Lafayette’s Dr. Scott France aboard the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during a past expedition. He has returned to the ship as part of a three-week research voyage to explore uncharted depths of the North Atlantic Ocean. (Submitted photo)

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UL Lafayette researcher leading expedition to unexplored regions of the Atlantic Ocean

Harlan Kirgan
Thursday, June 23, 2022
A University of Louisiana at Lafayette oceanographer is leading researchers to unexplored deep-sea habitats of the North Atlantic Ocean. And the public can tag along, thanks to technology.
Keep your pets safe throughout the hot summer months as soaring temperatures can be dangerous for pets.

Keep your pets safe throughout the hot summer months as soaring temperatures can be dangerous for pets.

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Keep pets safe from the heat

Harlan Kirgan
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Keep your pets safe throughout the hot summer months as soaring temperatures can be dangerous for pets. Summer has officially begun, so it’s a good time to remember that pets require special care to avoid heatstroke.

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State jobless rate dips to 4%

Harlan Kirgan
Monday, June 20, 2022
Preliminary data released Monday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has tied the 2nd lowest rate in series history. The May 2022 rate of 4% hasn’t been seen since December 2007.
Pollinator gardens filled with colorful annual and perennial plants provide a burst of color to the landscape and a place for pollinating insects and other wildlife. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Pollinator gardens filled with colorful annual and perennial plants provide a burst of color to the landscape and a place for pollinating insects and other wildlife. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

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Creating green spaces with garden zoning

Heather Kirk-Ballard / LSU AgCenter horticulturist
Friday, June 17, 2022
Gardening offers so many options to create relaxing green spaces. Whether you have a great deal of land to create sprawling gardens or you are working with a small patio, a well-thought-out design can help make useful and unique outdoor spaces.
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion, Louisiana Army National Guard, prepares to land to pick up a simulated casualty during the 2022 Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, June 8. The JEMX hosted by the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center brings together over 2,000 Service Members from across the services to train medical personnel in combat casualty care, aeromedical care and Forward Resuscitation Surgical Team care. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master S

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion, Louisiana Army National Guard, prepares to land to pick up a simulated casualty during the 2022 Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, June 8. The JEMX hosted by the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center brings together over 2,000 Service Members from across the services to train medical personnel in combat casualty care, aeromedical care and Forward Resuscitation Surgical Team care. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master S

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La. Guard participates in medical exercise

Master Sgt. Toby Valadie, LANG Public Affairs Office
Friday, June 17, 2022
Louisiana National Guard soldiers with the 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion and Detachment 1, D Company, 2-151st Aviation Regiment, provided aerial Medical Evacuation and Casualty Evacuation support for the 2022 Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise (JEMX) hosted by the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical...
Louisiana legislators, Republican Sen. Sharon Hewitt (middle) and her GOP colleagues Sen. Barry Milligan (left) and Sen. Glen Womack, study new congressional district maps proposed at the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator)

Louisiana legislators, Republican Sen. Sharon Hewitt (middle) and her GOP colleagues Sen. Barry Milligan (left) and Sen. Glen Womack, study new congressional district maps proposed at the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator)

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GOP lawmakers invoke ‘precedence’ to stall on 2nd Black congressional district

Wesley Muller / Louisiana Illuminator
Friday, June 17, 2022
A proposed Louisiana congressional map with two majority Black districts failed to advance Thursday from a state Senate committee after Republicans insisted on honoring a procedural tradition of letting the bill lay over for 24 hours.
Compact SunPatiens come in a variety of colors. (LSU AgCenter file photo by Dan Gill)

Compact SunPatiens come in a variety of colors. (LSU AgCenter file photo by Dan Gill)

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Out of the shade and into the sun

Heather Kirk-Ballard / LSU AgCenter horticulturist
Friday, June 10, 2022
When I think of color for shaded areas in the landscape, my thoughts immediately go to impatiens. Impatiens have been the go-to annual bedding plant for decades to provide bright, beautiful flowers in partial to heavily shaded areas of the landscape.
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin cannot hold congressional elections this fall under a ruling by a federal judge rejecting a redistricting map passed by the Legislature. (Photo by Abbie Shull/LSU Manship School News Service)

Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin cannot hold congressional elections this fall under a ruling by a federal judge rejecting a redistricting map passed by the Legislature. (Photo by Abbie Shull/LSU Manship School News Service)

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Judge orders map with 2 black majority congressional districts

Allison Allsop / LSU Manship School News Service
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
A federal district judge ruled Monday that the new congressional maps drawn during a special legislative redistricting session earlier this year need to be redone to be fair to the state’s minority residents.