We reached out to more than a dozen prominent associations and advocacy groups working in Louisiana policy and politics to ask about their priorities for next year.

Prices have steadily risen for natural gas throughout 2025, for residents and industry alike, and Louisiana finds itself at the center of the boom.

Oil and gas producers in Louisiana could pay lower royalties to drill on state lands under a new plan released by the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy.

St. Mary deputies reported the arrest of a Breaux Bridge teenager accused of rape and indecent behavior. Other agencies made ...

Phoenix’s International recently assisted the Naval Sea System Command supervisor of salvage and diving with the successful recovery of an MH-60R helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter aircraf ...

A Berwick student is among 1,060 students who received diplomas Saturday at Southeastern Louisiana University. Daja Rasha Batiste, Berwick, received a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work. Southeastern ...

Louisiana Economic Development has committed more than $375 million in taxpayer-funded cooperative endeavor agreements over the past two years, for everything from football bowl games and festivals to ...

Hungary’s state-owned MVM Group last week signed a five-year agreement with Chevron to purchase 400 million cubic meters of liquified natural gas annually, marking the first time American gas will be ...

Feeding large packs of stray animals may soon be against the law in St. Mary Parish. On Dec. 10, the Parish Council asked its legal counsel to draft an ordinance similar to ones that exist in Berwick ...

Submitted photos Scouts and Scouting supporters gathered Dec. 11 for the annual steak dinner fundraiser at the St. Mary Senior Citizens Center. The $75-a-plate event, which dates back at least to 1959 ...

The last St. Mary Parish School Board meeting of the year largely put aside weighty matters for some Christmastime glad tidings.

Staff report Congress gave St. Mary Parish’s shipbuilding industry a multimillion stocking stuffer earlier this month. The National Defense Authorization Act, which passed the House Dec.