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Alabama Comes to Tiger Stadium at 2:30 Saturday on ABC, the First Daytime Kickoff in the Series There Since 2010
No. 15 LSU hosts No. 9 Alabama at 2:30 p.m. CT Saturday in Tiger Stadium on ABC, the first daytime kickoff there since 2010. Kickoff, TV, records and bag rules.
Golden Meadow Can Now Let UTVs Join Golf Carts on Town Road Shoulders, Under Rep. Joseph Orgeron's Act 554
Act 554 by Rep. Joseph Orgeron lets Golden Meadow allow UTVs, golf carts and low-speed vehicles on shoulders of roads posted 30 mph or less. Here are the rules.
Saturday Is Youth and Veterans Waterfowl Day in Louisiana's West Zone. Here's Who Can Hunt and What to Bring
Louisiana's West Zone youth and veterans duck day is Saturday, Nov. 7. Who qualifies, adult supervision rules, bag limits, duck stamps and HIP, per LDWF.
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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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