A 29-year-old Harris County inmate died Saturday nearly 300 miles away from Houston less than a week after he was transferred to a correctional facility in LaSalle Parish in central Louisiana. Erik Carlson died on Jan.

"We believe that we are placing adequate resources into the state coffers to ensure stability for the time being," said Landry's statement, which was issued jointly with state Senate President Cameron Henry, state House Speaker Phillip DeVillier and state Treasurer John Fleming.

Registration is now open for the 2025-26 Drive, Chip and Putt youth golf competition. See dates and locations of qualifying sites in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Residents in Southwest Mississippi and Southeast Louisiana should expect to see low-level airplane flights from February through April as part of efforts to map geography and aquifers.

Last week’s historic winter storm may limit the supply of crawfish and drive mudbug prices up—but only in the short term. That’s according to Mark Shirley, a crawfish expert with the LSU AgCenter. Shirley tells Daily Report that the cold weather slowed the crawfish catch “quite a bit” because crawfish don’t move when water temperatures

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy will be at the center of the first hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial Health and Human Services Secretary nomination.

While the true extent of damage won't be known for a few weeks, promising signs point to a healthy sugar cane harvest season.

The $10.5 million the State of Louisiana provided to help people pay for job training and industry certifications ran out six months ahead of schedule.

Around 10:30 p.m. HPD and the Houston Fire Department responded to a shooting at 5050 Yale Street. A man in his 20s was found with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene by HFD. According to HPD Lieutenant Horelica, he just moved here from Louisiana.

State lawmakers have approved an additional $7.5 million in funding for the M.J. Foster Promise Program, aimed at providing financial aid for students seeking workforce certification

Portions of Tangipahoa, Washington, St. Tammany, St. Charles, St. John, St. James, Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes are under marginal risk Thursday night into Friday morning. There is a slight risk of severe weather in the central and northern parts of Louisiana.

A three-judge panel heard oral arguments about a Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public classrooms.