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Here's what's making news in Baton Rouge...

State trooper killed in Hammond police chase showed 'selfless service' in law enforcement career

A Louisiana State trooper whose superiors say exemplified "selfless service" and "personal courage” died Sunday after being injured during …

Clashes ahead during coming week -- and beyond -- for GOP legislators and John Bel Edwards

The Louisiana Legislature heads into its final week of the regular session unlikely to complete its main task – passing a budget for the up…

These 20 Louisiana names are of the 1,000 coronavirus victims printed in Sunday's New York Times

Twenty of the 2,567 Louisiana residents who have died from the coronavirus were featured in a special presentation in the Sunday New York T…

East Baton Rouge looking at lawsuit to tap tax revenue from online travel companies

Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome appears to be gearing up for another legal fight, this time against online travel companies that she f…

Man dies in East Feliciana Parish crash after flipping into ravine, authorities say

A 55-year-old man was killed in a Saturday afternoon crash when his pickup struck a tree and overturned along a highway in East Feliciana P…

New election day set for possible new high school in Prairieville, other school measures

Originally slated to go before voters in May, an Ascension Parish school district proposal for building a new high school in Prairieville a…

How will coronavirus impact Baton Rouge schools financially? Leaders worry about future budget

The East Baton Rouge Parish school system is projecting it will close out the current fiscal year and start the new one in a stable financi…

Louisiana universities still housing 2,000 foreign students on campus who can't go home

Twelve thousand boxes were shipped to Tulane University in mid-March.

Clashes ahead during coming week -- and beyond -- for GOP legislators and John Bel Edwards

The Louisiana Legislature heads into its final week of the regular session unlikely to complete its main task – passing a budget for the up…