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Louisiana 211 launches Opioid Crisis Referral and Crisis Texting Program

In the last 18 months, the number of opioid overdoses has skyrocketed in Louisiana and many in need don’t know where to turn for help. Louisiana 211 is stepping up to connect Louisianans with help and resources.

Master Farmer program celebrating 20 years

The Louisiana Master Farmer Program is celebrating 20 years of existence, and the program is getting a new “toolbox” that will help spread the message of conservation and environmental stewardship.

Travel, housing driving central Louisiana economy

Travel and housing are driving the central Louisiana economy, according to the Louisiana State University of Alexandria College of Business July issue of the CENLA Economic Dashboard. “Travelers are taking to the skies again,” says Dr. Randall Dupont, dean of the LSUA College of Business.

Getting figgy with it

It’s fig season in Louisiana! This year turned out an excellent crop here on LSU’s main campus. Figs (Ficus carica) are native to the Middle East and Western Asia but have become naturalized here in North America.

Shot At A Million winners named

Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Health announced the second winners of the Shot At A Million COVID-19 campaign.

Tri-Parish workforce grows, but jobless rate inches up

The Tri-Parish workforce grew 5.7% to 68,545 in June, according to Bureau of Labor statistics released Friday by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. But unemployment, while down from a year ago, inched up in June compared to May in St. Landry, Acadia and Evangeline parishes.

Ascension Parish puts public finances online

Ascension Parish is taking steps to provide heightened taxpayer accountability. Mirroring the Louisiana Checkbook, a state fiscal transparency website, elected officials in the southeastern Louisiana parish have opted to display public finances on a searchable online portal.

State officials, friends react to death of Edwin Edwards

Personal friends, state officials, former state officials, even political adversaries are reacting to Monday’s news of the death of former Governor Edwin W. Edwards.

Edwin W. Edwards dead at 93

Former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards, who embodied Louisiana’s populist era in the late 20th century — championing the poor and ushering Black people and women into state government — died just before 7 a.m. Monday at his home in Gonzales.

Live each day like the hibiscus

With several hundred types of hibiscus, one could write a book on this plant alone — and many have done so. The name hibiscus gets its origins from the ancient Greek word “hibiskos,” which means marsh mallow or white mallow.