On This Week in Louisiana Politics, the United States Department of Justice released a bombshell report stating that the Louisiana State Police have used excessive force in their encounters with the public.

Nearly 40 cats affected by near-record snowfall in Louisiana are arriving at the MSPCA at Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem on Saturday as part of an urgent rescue mission.

Editorial written by Chicago Tribune Board. When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in late August 2005, it took Congress just a few days to approve $10.5 billion in federal disaster aid at President George W.

Louisiana Forestry Association Executive Director Buck Vandersteen said the state is nearing a forest level that will be hard to manage against disease and wildfires.

The FireAid benefit was fueled by some of music’s best performers to raise money for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts.

SMOOTHER OPERATOR — Ada Briceño worked to elect Democrats as a hotel union boss and chair of the Orange County party. Now, she’s deploying decades of campaign experience toward a candidacy of her own — for state Legislature in 2026.

Republican and Democratic voters across the US are reeling from climate-fueled disasters, with thousands of homes and businesses destroyed and damaged by the ongoing fires in Los Angeles, as well as major hurricanes in Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia last year.

The Old Farmer's Almanac, which has been in business since 1792, recently released its spring weather forecast. The outlook? "Warmer-than-normal temperatures for most of the country, with a few exceptions: southern and central California, Desert Southwest, southern Florida, and western Ohio Valley, where it will be near to below normal."

The Super Bowl location for the next three years has been established, with the big game being played on the West Coast in the next two.

The LSU football staff has kept tabs on one of the top wide receivers in The Boot as they continue their pursuit of Destrehan (La.) four-star Jabari Mack. Mack,

Real estate and climate change now go hand-in-hand. As temperatures and sea levels continue to rise, many homes face some risk of natural disasters. In 2024 alone, almost 45 percent of homes in the United States confronted at least one type of severe or extreme climate risk from either flood,