Jim Bradshaw: Pope has deep and complex roots in Louisiana
Wed, 04/15/2026 - 6:00am
The genealogy of Pope Leo XIV leads directly to the old St.
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Jeremy Alford: Candidates work regional angles in Senate race
Wed, 04/15/2026 - 6:00am
In a hyper-partisan age when campaigns can target voters directly though any number of digital channels, where the candidate is from might not mean as much in a statewide race as it used to, but i
Republicans once more reject state minimum wage
Tue, 04/14/2026 - 9:27am
BATON ROUGE--The House Labor Committee voted 7-5 along party lines to kill a bill that would have established a state minimum wage starting at $12 an hour on Jan. 1, 2027.
Wilbert Jones, who spent 46 years incarcerated after having been wrongfully convicted, and his wife Mary stand in front of the Baton Rouge home they were able to buy with money from the state’s Innocence Compensation Fund.
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Bill would extend compensation for the wrongfully imprisoned
Tue, 04/14/2026 - 9:25am
BATON ROUGE – Wilbert Jones served 46 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, and after he was released, the state compensated him financially.
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Rep. Jack McFarland proposed a new state budget that advanced through a House committee Monday.
Legislature budgets conservatively as shortfalls loom
Tue, 04/14/2026 - 9:20am
BATON ROUGE – In the first step by the Legislature to transform Gov.