By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
I was all eager to tell you this morning how nice it was to have such an uneventful August during hurricane season, and then Tropical Storm Edouard had to ruin things. It doesn’t look like a significant system, but we know all too well it doesn’t take a big storm to inflict major damage. Stay alert.
Board of Regents chair Misti Cordell speaks with reporters Feb. 11, 2026, at the State Archives after qualifying to run for the 5th Congressional District. She’s now running in the 6th District and has received the Louisiana Republican Party endorsement. (Greg LaRose/LAI)
By Julie O’Donoghue
The Republican Party of Louisiana’s leadership is facing backlash after endorsing candidates in the state’s two competitive congressional races using an opaque, private process. One of the party’s picks has had a contentious relationship with the state GOP’s standard bearer, Gov. Jeff Landry.
Lindsay “Rubia” Garcia speaks with reporters Aug. 6, 2026, after qualifying for the 6th Congressional District race at the State Archives in Baton Rouge. (Elise Plunk/LAI)
By Greg LaRose
The Louisiana Democratic Party has selected the candidates it will officially back in the Nov. 3 congressional midterm elections, when Republicans will be heavily favored to retain five of the state’s six seats they hold in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Louisiana's new work requirements for Medicaid are expected to go into effect in January. (Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)
By Julie O’Donoghue
Louisiana’s proposed work requirements for Medicaid enrollment largely adhere to the new guidelines Congress and President Donald Trump laid out last year. The new state regulations are expected to go into effect for Medicaid recipients in January.
President Donald Trump wants to change the recommended regimen for the MMR vaccine to separate shots for each disease. So instead of two trips to the doctor, it would take six to be fully vaccinated. There’s no legitimate science to back up his reasons for the change.
In this week’s episode of “The Light Switch,” we talk with a Louisiana pediatrician who shares how she and others in her field are reacting.
By Verite News & Gulf States Newsroom
Flock cameras, DARE conferences and Dodge Durango trucks. Narcan, mobile apps and automated external defibrillators. Counseling and billboards. Medication-assisted treatment and dash cams. Public awareness campaigns. Training. Overtime. These are some of the ways that Louisiana sheriffs are spending millions of dollars in opioid settlement funds received during the first five years of payments.
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