Active hurricane season fails to materialize
Thu, 12/04/2025 - 9:29am
Nothing like Helene, and nothing like three hurricanes making landfall in 66 days.
State
Jeremy Alford and David Jacobs: With data centers coming, energy task force launched
Wed, 12/03/2025 - 6:00am
A new task force created by President Cameron Henry last met a couple weeks ago with a single item on the agenda: a discussion of energy needs for data center projects.
Jim Bradshaw: Make 'sirup' sweet, and spell it correctly
Wed, 12/03/2025 - 6:00am
Sugar cane has been the most substantial crop grown in south Louisiana for more than a century because planters could make good money turning out tons of granulated sugar.
State plans to reopen Jetson juvenile jail
Tue, 12/02/2025 - 9:49am
=Louisiana officials plan to reopen a youth prison in April that was shuttered over a decade ago when it was declared inappropriate for young people.
Despite post-COVID cuts, states keep spending
Tue, 12/02/2025 - 9:48am
By ARTHUR KANE
The Center Square
States around the country, hooked on billions of federal dollars that flooded in during COVID, don’t want the party to end.