Baton Rouge, LA – Gary Chambers, a Baton Rouge community advocate and former candidate for Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District, launched his first campaign ad in his bid for the U.S. Senate in Louisiana with a spot that features him smoking a rolled blunt of marijuana as he voices over the statistics on marijuana...
Louisiana Will Have an Additional $1.6 Billion to Spend in Upcoming Session
By Piper HutchinsonLSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE--Louisiana will have an additional $1.6 billion to spend over the next year and a half after a state panel approved new revenue projections Tuesday (Jan. 11). The state expects to collect $1.2 billion more in general fund revenue than projected in...
Teachers, Students and Schools Across Louisiana Experiencing Tough Times
By Margaret DeLaney, Olivia Varden and Chris LangleyLSU Manship School News Service From the pandemic and virtual learning to teacher shortages to low-pay, the impacts are being felt BATON ROUGE-- In fourth-grade teacher Laura Spurgeon’s class, the students who attended school in person during the pandemic sit in one area,...
Gov. Edwards Urge Residents to Prepare for Arrival of Omicron Variant
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 479 new COVID-19 cases and 12 additional deaths today, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. Also, 213 Louisianans are hospitalized. State data indicates that the unvaccinated account for 82 percent of cases, 83percent of hospitalized patients, and 71 percent of deaths. To date, Louisiana reports 772,789 cases of COVID-19 and a total of...
Urban League of Louisiana, Foundation for Louisiana Launch Statewide Black Business Works Fund to Support Black-owned Businesses Impacted by Hurricane Ida
The Urban League of Louisiana, in partnership with the Foundation for Louisiana, today announced the launch of the Black Business Works Fund, an initiative to assist Black-owned businesses impacted by Hurricane Ida. Urban League of Louisiana President & CEO Judy Reese Morse was joined by Marc H. Morial, president & CEO of...
LWC Awarded $5 Million to Support Hurricane Ida Recovery and Employ Displaced Workers
With a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, the Louisiana Workforce Commission is launching additional efforts to support jobs and recovery services after Hurricane Ida by employing people in areas impacted by the disaster to rebuild. The $5 million awarded to LWC is the first part of...
Indictment of Louisiana State Trooper Draws Reaction
Leaders double-down on calls for feds to conduct full probe of State Police On Sept. 23, the United States Department of Justice indicted a former Louisiana State Police trooper on a federal civil rights charge for using excessive force on a Black motorist in 2019. Jacob Brown, 31, has been...
DSNAP Approved for Residents in 25 Louisiana Parishes Hit by Hurricane Ida
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received federal approval Sept. 14, to provide Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP) to families impacted by Hurricane Ida. The USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) approved a DSNAP operation for the following parishes and ZIP codes: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton...
Will Fall Elections Be Postponed?
Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin and Gov. John Bel Edwards met today (Tuesday, Sept. 7) to discuss whether the upcoming fall elections should be postponed given the destruction Hurricane Ida has caused across more than two dozen parishes across the state, Ardoin wants the Oct. 9 election to be...
Speaking to New Orleans Crowd, LSU’s Incoming President Says “Scholarship” Will Come First
By Tribune Staff Speaking to a crowd of New Orleans business, civic, social, educational, and political leaders, LSU’s incoming president Dr. William Tate IV, said “scholarship” will be at the foundation of his goals as he assumes his role as leader of the largest institution of higher education in the...