A high-profile bill that would stop coastal Louisiana parishes from suing oil-and-gas companies over alleged environmental damage is dead for the session, the author said Wednesday.
The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education appointed Dr. Cade Brumley to be the new state superintendent of education.
BATON ROUGE—The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted 5-1 Wednesday in favor of HB819, a bill to make medical marijuana more widely available.
BATON ROUGE—A Senate committee on Wednesday rejected a bill by Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, that would have expanded mail-in voting in Louisiana.
The Louisiana Office of Public Health reported 24 new COVID-19 cases in St. Mary, St. Martin and Assumption in Thursday's midday report.
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