13+ hour, 52+ min ago   (180+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services is launching a new online system to make it easier for families to become certified as foster or kinship caregivers. HomeReady is set to launch statewide in…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (344+ words) All eyes were on Tropical Storm Bertha and what is in store for the Gulf Coast this year. To tryand ease anxieties for Louisiana residents, Rep. Cleo Fields is trying to help National FloodInsurance Program (NFIP) policyholders understand why their…...

14+ hour, 21+ min ago   (278+ words) NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — At Lighthouse Louisiana, since 1915, blind folks have been in the business of making mops, cups and paper towels, too. Even packing trays for breakfast, lunch or dinner. WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood says…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (218+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana nears a deal to allow SpaceX to construct a new spaceport to launch rockets in Vermilion Parish, according to a report from The Advocate. The newspaper reported that the site will be in Pecan…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (373+ words) ou know it's been a rough week for the pavement when the vehicle built to rescue everyone else ends up needing a rescue of its own. That's exactly what happened in New Orleans' Central City neighborhood, where a fire truck…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (151+ words) NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A man was fatally shot in New Orleans Saturday, Aug. 1. According to the New Orleans Police Department, the shooting occurred at the intersection of Sixth Street and Freret Street around 9:58 p.m. Upon arrival officers found a 23-year-old…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (142+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A new study has ranked Louisiana as one of the worst states for healthcare. The WalletHub study compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia across key factors such as cost, accessibility, and outcome to…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (428+ words) "New Orleans is the best food city in this country, and [close to] one in three of our children sit below the poverty line," Amanda says. Then in August 2021, Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans, so the couple brought Family Meal…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (319+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana retailers can no longer charge customers extra for using debit cards under a new state law that took effect Saturday, giving consumers new legal protections and expanding the attorney general's authority to enforce the ban. Senate…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (646+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana education officials have issued long-awaited instructions explaining how school systems must handle Gov. Jeff Landry's decision to redirect $168 million in public school funding toward teacher and support staff compensation. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education…...