The Latest Breaking News from Louisiana

Pacific storm will pummel US with snow, floods and tornadoes

A Pacific storm uncoiling itself over California with heavy rain and snow is forecast to deliver a severe risk for tornadoes, high winds and thunderstorms across parts of Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas by the middle of next week.

Tribune News Service · Dec 10, 2022

Louisiana Public Service Commission incumbent faces runoff

Lambert Boissiere III faces a runoff Saturday in his reelection bid for Louisiana’s Public Service Commission

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2022

Emancipation review – Will Smith is dragged through the mud in ugly, manipulative drama

A runaway slave escapes through Louisiana’s swamps in a propulsive action film marred by its relentless grimness

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #40

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

Ballotpedia · Dec 7, 2022

How do runoff elections work?

Georgia and Louisiana are the two states that hold runoff general elections.

USAFacts · Dec 6, 2022

Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court’s other conservative revolution

The conservative revolution at the U.S. Supreme Court has two prongs. One grabs headlines as the justices overturn long-established precedent on big-ticket issues like abortion, affirmative action and voting rights. The second is a less-noticed yet enormously ambitious transformation of the judiciary’s job. Put simply, the justices are placing themselves…

Tribune News Service · Dec 6, 2022

French President visits New Orleans, Louisiana

French President Emmanuel Macron will head to Louisiana on the last day of his visit to the U.S. Macron's office said the visit is being held to celebrate longstanding cultural ties and to discuss energy policy

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022

Macron ends US visit in New Orleans with push to promote French language

French President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his his three-day state visit to the United States on Friday with a visit to New Orleans, home to one of the oldest French-speaking communities in the US.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 2, 2022

Macron to end US trip by meeting French speakers in Louisiana

French President Emmanuel Macron will end his trip to the US with a visit Louisiana on Friday where he is set to announce the creation of a fund to finance the teaching of French in the state. FRANCE 24 reports.

France 24 · Dec 2, 2022

Review: 'Emancipation,' with Will Smith, struggles to do its real-life survival story justice

In March 1863, two months after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, a Black man known as Peter (other accounts name him as Gordon) escaped a Louisiana plantation, endured 10 days in alligator-infested marshes and found his way to Baton Rouge, where he received medical attention and soon enlisted…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 1, 2022