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• Southern University hires firm with HBCU roots to find next president Play Video

  March 21, 2026 10:25 AM

  BATON ROUGE — Southern University plans to use the TM2 Executive Search firm to discover its next president. The firm specializes in working with historically Black colleges and universities, as it was founded by former HBCU presidents and is currently run by former HBCU executive leaders. TM2 President... more »

• Landry signs order asking feds to ban unhealthy purchases with food stamps; says it's outright ban Play Video

  May 1, 2025 3:43 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order Thursday that requests the federal government to ban soda and candy purchases from Louisiana's food stamp program, despite saying in a public statement that the order would outright ban the practice. Landry's executive order cites Arkansas and Indiana as... more »

• Trump signs executive order requiring truck drivers to speak English

  April 29, 2025 10:43 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order reinforcing an already-existing federal law requiring English-language proficiency as a requirement for commercial motor drivers. In the ordered issued Monday evening, Trump contends the “requirement has not been enforced in years, and America’s roadways have become less safe.”... more »

• FAA to adopt Gulf of America, Mount McKinley on agency charts, maps after Trump executive order

  February 10, 2025 5:20 PM

  WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration said that it will be updating its maps, data and charts to reflect new names for American landforms, including the "Gulf of America," proposed in a newly signed executive order from President Donald Trump. The FAA said that it is in the process... more »

• Raising Cane's sending corporate staff to help with worker shortages at restaurants

  October 7, 2021 4:18 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Raising Cane's is sending employees from its corporate offices to take on jobs at its restaurants around the country to help alleviate the effects of the nationwide labor shortage. Bloomberg reports the Baton Rouge-based fast food chain is sending half of its office staff to work... more »