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• Officials announce statewide burn ban lifted

  November 21, 2016 4:00 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Officials announced that the statewide burn ban has been lifted. The burn ban that prohibited outdoor burning was issued on Nov. 5 due to extremely dry conditions in the state, according to officials. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning and Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain... more »

• Election 2015 - Everything you need to know

  October 23, 2015 1:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Voters will choose or begin to choose a new governor Saturday, while also voting on six other statewide offices and four constitutional amendments. Early voting turnout has been low according to the Secretary of State's Office, with 222,162 of the state's eligible voters going to the... more »