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Gov. Jeff Landry pitches NewYorkers concerned about ZohranMamdani to come to LouisianaAn advertisement with the headline“In Louisiana, we value capitalism,not socialism” took up a full page inMonday’s edition of the Wall StreetJournal.The promotion is directed at NewYorkers who will soon have a newmayor in Zohran Mamdani, a statelawmaker who is a democratic socialist.“As you rethink New York City,rethink Louisiana,” says …

Louisiana prison guards cut aRastafari inmate’s dreadlocks.Supreme Court will decide if hecan sueThe Supreme Court on Mondaywrestled with whether a former Louisianainmate can sue prison officials whocut off his dreadlocks in violation of hisRastafari religious beliefs.The justices heard arguments in thecase of Damon Landor, who wants tosue for money damages under a federallaw designed to protect the religiousrights of inmates.

The driver, Malcolm Hampton, 30,of Louisiana, was arrested and bookedinto the Van Zandt County DetentionCenter for possession of marijuana.VAN ZANDT COUNTY, Texas —Thirty-eight pounds of marijuana wasseized during a traffic stop on Interstate20 on Friday.According to the Van Zandt CountySheriff’s Office, a deputy found themarijuana while searching a 2024 blackGMC pickup truck during the stop. Thedriver, Malcolm Hampton, 30, of …

2 Mississippisheriffs, 12 officerscharged in drugtrafficking briberyscheme, officials sayJACKSON, Miss. (AP)— Federal authoritieson Thursday announcedindictments against 20people, including 14 currentor former MississippiDelta law enforcementofficers, that allegethe officers took bribesto provide safe passageto people they believedwere drug traffickers.The yearslong investigationswept acrossmultiple counties in theMississippi Delta regionof Mississippi and Tennessee.Two Mississippisheriffs, WashingtonCounty Sheriff MiltonGaston and HumphreysCounty Sheriff BruceWilliams, were amongthose arrested.Some bribes

Landry updatesposition on foodstamp benefits endingLouisiana GovernorJeff Landry today issuedand “update” to hiswarning about staterecipients losing theirSNAP, or foodstamp,benefits.He now says he isworking to make suresome residents continueto get funding for fooddespite the federalgovernment shutdown.

Citizens launch official recalleffort for Monroe Mayor FridayEllisThe Committee to Recall MayorFriday Ellis today announced theofficial recall effort for Mayor FridayEllis.The citizen-led committee filed thenecessary paperwork and is planningpublic petition campaigns to place arecall on the ballot in accordance withLouisiana law.

(Monroe, Louisiana) –A teenager in Louisianawas killed while huntingon SaturdayKALB reports that the17-year-old hunter wasin a deer stand as stormsmoved into the region,and it is believed that hewas struck by lightning.The hunter was notfound until that night,after not returning home,but storms moved induring the afternoonhours, and that is whenofficials believe he wasstruck by lightning whileout hunting.

People protest what they view as“anti-democratic” actions of PresidentDonald Trump and other Republicansin Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Saturday,Oct. 18, 2025. (WRKF/Alex Cox)About 1,000 people gathered to protestPresident Donald Trump and hisadministration during Saturday’s “NoKings” Day rally in Baton Rouge.

Aformer employee of theLouisiana Departmentof Health is accused ofhelping a family memberreceive illegal Medicaidbenefits.Courtney Higgins, 33,of Monroe, is chargedwith filing false publicrecords and governmentbenefits fraud.The Louisiana

Former Louisiana Gov. John BelEdwards won’t run for U.S. Senate in2026, leaving Democrats scrambling tofind a candidate with a viable chance tobreak Republicans’ stronghold on theseat.Edwards, who was an anomoly asthe only Democratic governor electedin the Deep South during the first of histwo terms, announced his decision in apost on X.