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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.

Speaker Mike Johnson(R-LA) continuesto blame Democrats forthe government shutdown,but former RepublicanNational CommitteeChair MichaelSteele called him out forhis “baloney” around theshutdown.“People say, ‘Why aren’tyou negotiating withDemocrats?’ I literallydon’t have anything tonegotiate,” said Johnsonwhen speaking to MSNBC.“I didn’t put any ofmy Republican prioritieson the [continuing resolution].So, I can’t pullthose off and say, ‘Gee,is it better now? Can youvote for it?’ I sent …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The immigrationdetainees sent to a notoriousLouisiana prison last month are beingpunished for crimes for which theyhave already served time, the AmericanCivil Liberties Union said Monday in alawsuit challenging the government’sdecision to hold what it calls the “worstof the worst” there.The lawsuit accuses President DonaldTrump’s administration of selectingthe former slave plantation knownas Angola for its “uniquely …

LOUISIANA (KPEL) —As ofTuesday, both Planned Parenthoodcenters have closed theirdoors after providing health careservices for four decades.In August, Planned ParenthoodGulf Coast announced thatit would be wrapping up all operationsin Louisiana, and nowthe long-anticipated closure isofficially in effect.

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) said that shemarched into the office to talk to Speaker MikeJohnson (R-LA) on Tuesday and tried to reasonwith him about averting a government shutdown,but it became clear to her that he didn’t care.“I implored the Speaker that he should havebrought his members here so that if there were achance to solve this without shutting the governmentdown, …