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Louisiana Seafood Sellers Now Keep Purchase Records for Six Months, Under a Law by Rep. Jessica Domangue
Louisiana seafood retailers must now keep purchase records at least six months and make them available for inspection under Act 172, by Rep. Jessica Domangue.
LHSAA Bi-District Games of the Week: Where and When Louisiana's Playoffs Kick Off
Louisiana's high school football playoffs open Nov. 12-14. Here are the bi-district games of the week, with every site and kickoff the LHSAA has posted.
Lake Charles' Lakefront Memorial Is Officially Louisiana's Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Under Sen. Jeremy Stine's Act 760
Act 760 made the memorial in Lake Charles' Veterans Memorial Park the official Louisiana Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It lists 885 Louisiana war dead.
Politics
Rep. Shaun Mena's Act 511 Changes Meeting, Training and Audit Rules for the RTA Board
Act 511 by state Rep. Shaun Mena took effect Aug. 1, 2025. See what changed for the RTA board: meetings, training, quorum, the advisory board and audits.
Why Louisiana Has Parishes, and Who Actually Runs Yours
Every Louisiana kid learns early that the state has parishes where the rest of the country has counties. Fewer people could say why, or who actually decides when their parish road gets patched. The answer runs from Spanish colonial church records to the 1974 state constitution, and it explains why local government looks so different from one parish to the next. The word comes from the colonial era, when local life in French and Spanish Louisiana was organized around Catholic
Supreme Court to hear arguments on Louisiana congressional map
The United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., where justices are set to review the constitutionality of Louisiana's new...
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