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Governor, insurance commissioner clash

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

By: AVERY SAMS LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Jeff Landry and Louisiana insurance commissioner Tim Temple are at odds over how to fix the state’s insurance cost crisis--one of the most important issues being debated in the 2025 legislative session.

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Tri-Parish job numbers are released

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

The Tri-Parish unemployment rates ticked up in March and the workforce count rose slightly, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Louisiana’s not seasonally adjusteda unemployment rate for March is 4.4%. This shows an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the revised February rate of 4.

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LDWF ROLP and bowfishing permits now on LA Wallet

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

By: RENE LEBRETON LDWF The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and LA Wallet have partnered to add additional digital fishing permits to the LA Wallet app.

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SUN Bucks program returns to Louisiana for Summer 2025

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) announced today that the state will participate in the SUN Bucks program again this summer. SUN Bucks provides a one-time $120 summer grocery benefit to children who qualify for free or reduced-price school meals.

Sittig wins poultry exhibit

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

Evangeline Parish Extension and 4-H would like to apologize to Aubrianna Faye Sittig, from Ville Platte High School, for omitting her name from the original article that appeared in the March 16, edition of the Ville Platte Gazette, and would like to congratulate her on winning parish poultry...

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Spring Squirrel Hunting Season opens May 3

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

By: TREY ILES LDWF The Louisiana spring squirrel hunting season begins May 3 in most parts of Louisiana and lasts until May 25, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced. Squirrel hunting is the perfect gateway for hunting and a great introduction for youth into the sport.

From left, U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, Sen. Edward J. Markey, Rep. Troy Carter, Rep. Jim McGovern, Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Alanah Odoms, executive director of the ACLU of Louisiana, speak with reporters during a news conference held Tuesday, April 22, 2025, outside an ICE detention facility in Basile. (John Gray/Verite News)

Congress members visit detained students in Basile

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Monday, April 28, 2025

By: BOBBI-JEAN MISICK Verite (Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Verite News New Orleans and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. It can be found online at lailluminator.com.) BASILE – U.S.

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Chicken thieves are in the coop

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

By: TONY MARKS Editor Two suspects are in custody and face theft of livestock and additional charges. On March 27, deputies responded to the 1000 block of Old Park Road, located in the unincorporated portion of Evangeline Parish, in reference to chickens being stolen from a secured chicken coop.

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Regional juvenile detention center is proposed

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

By: HARLAN KIRGAN LSN Editor The creation of a nine-parish Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District is now before the legislature. St.

Pictured from left are back row- Evangeline Parish School Board member Mike Fontenot; front row- Superintendent Darwan Lazard, Chataignier Elementary Principal Leslie DesHotels, Mamou High band director Michael McElroy, Mamou High Principal Adrian Foret, Mamou Junior High Principal Lisa Celestine, EPSB Vice President Sheila Joseph, and EPSB member Karen Vidrine. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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EPSP recognizes students’ successes at band festival, state competitions

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Monday, April 21, 2025

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - Students achieving success in and out of the classroom were recognized during the Evangeline Parish School Board meeting.

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