13+ hour, 44+ min ago   (232+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana is overhauling how prospective foster and kinship caregivers become certified, with state officials announcing a new digital platform they say will simplify the application process and help more children find family-based homes. The Louisiana Department of…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (296+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana military members eligible for a 25% discount on the liability portion of their auto insurance premiums will no longer have to reapply every year under a regulatory change announced this week by the Louisiana Department of Insurance....

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (485+ words) (The Center Square) – Meta is refusing to disclose calculations showing how much it expects to invest, how many permanent jobs it will create and how much electricity its planned Richland Parish data center will consume. The dispute is part of…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (559+ words) (The Center Square) – As Gov. Jeff Landry weighs more legislative manuvers on New Orleans’ criminal justice system, a departing ankle-monitoring provider is offering him support. The Assured Supervision Accountability Program, which recently ended a two-year electronic-monitoring pilot in Orleans Parish, unleashed…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (222+ words) (The Center Square) – Organizations that care for people with disabilities say conflicting state deadlines could delay a promised Medicaid funding increase for another year. The Louisiana Department of Health is developing new reimbursement rates for home- and community-based services, which…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (287+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana returned a record $70.9 million in unclaimed property to residents, businesses and other rightful owners during fiscal year 2026, the highest annual total in the state's history, according to State Treasurer John Fleming. The total surpassed the previous…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (418+ words) (The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday authorized the Southwest Power Pool to activate emergency generation to avert grid-wide rolling blackouts across 14 states—including parts of North Louisiana—as severe heat drove historic demand for electricity. The Southwest…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (312+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana will begin enforcing a series of new artificial intelligence laws Aug. 1 that expand criminal penalties for AI-generated sexual images, require disclosures on certain political advertisements created with artificial intelligence and establish procedures for using AI-generated evidence…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (357+ words) (The Center Square) – Mitsubishi Corp. finalized a $7.5 billion acquisition of Dallas-based Aethon Energy Management’s Haynesville Shale assets this week, as another Japanese conglomerate moved to secure natural gas from northwest Louisiana for its LNG supply chain. Tokyo-based Mitsubishi is the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (803+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana has recruited some of the world’s largest technology companies without establishing statewide rules for how their data centers should be valued for property taxes. A proposal before the Louisiana Tax Commission seeks to fill that gap…...