Congress has spent more than six years avoiding its responsibility to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, using a series of stopgap bills to extend the life of the program that has issued nearly 5 million policies.
It’s been more than two years since BREC has completed and submitted an audit report to the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office, though BREC officials say they have a plan to get back on track.
Gov. Jeff Landry has selected Covington’s Susan Bonnett Bourgeois as secretary of Louisiana Economic Development, he announced this morning at the Committee of 100 Breakfast at Washington Mardi Gras in D.C.
For the last few years, the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra’s followers have wondered who would replace longtime music director Timothy Muffitt after his 2022 retirement. To aid its search, the symphony invited a succession of guest conductors to lead the orchestra throughout its last two seasons.
Last weekend’s Louisiana Marathon in downtown Baton Rouge drew nearly 1,000 more runners than last year and the highest number since before the pandemic.
Seven-time national championship winner Nick Saban announced his retirement last week after 17 seasons as Alabama’s head football coach and a decade-spanning career that included a four-year stint at LSU.