Sam Karlin
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Baton Rouge, LA, United States
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Jeff Landry steps down from unusual board job amid run for governor
Attorney General Jeff Landry has stepped down from the board of an oil services company run by his political ally, ending an unusual business arrangement that raised legal questions. → Read More
Louisiana may have accidentally legalized THC products. Now officials want to crack down.
In November, John Williams, the top beer lobbyist in Louisiana, sent out a mass email to legislators with an alarming subject line: “Recreational THC is now legal in Louisiana.” → Read More
How to make Grand Isle livable in the face of storms? Raise substations, bury power lines.
The structure taking shape on Grand Isle’s western edge rises 20 feet in the air, not unlike most houses on the barrier island, where stilts are the best defense from → Read More
Entergy Louisiana will add $5.50 to your bill. See why, and when
Entergy Louisiana will soon charge ratepayers an extra $5.50 per month to pay for restoration costs from Hurricane Ida and other storms, the Public Service Commission has decided after a → Read More
Gov. John Bel Edwards, other Louisiana port leaders kept in dark about $445 million Avondale deal
The Port of South Louisiana's agreement to buy the former Avondale shipyard for nearly $450 million was inked without discussions with other area port officials, civic leaders or Gov. John → Read More
New entrant to Louisiana governor's race: state Rep. Richard Nelson
State Rep. Richard Nelson, a first term 36-year-old Republican from Mandeville, said Wednesday he is running for governor. → Read More
With eyes on Garret Graves, GOP's governor's race endorsement stirs controversy
The Louisiana Republican Party’s decision to endorse Attorney General Jeff Landry nearly a year before the gubernatorial primary is continuing to stir controversy, with the party’s director warning U.S. Rep. → Read More
See which former Louisiana legislator texted Mark Meadows about overturning the 2020 election
In December 2020, as former President Donald Trump was spreading baseless theories that the election was stolen from him, Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows received a text from a → Read More
Unusual early GOP endorsement of Jeff Landry brings big money in both directions
The Louisiana Republican Party made an unprecedented decision to endorse Attorney General Jeff Landry for governor, nearly a full year before the primary election, and well before the field of → Read More
Sharon Hewitt is running for governor. See why the latest entrant to the race is getting in.
State Sen. Sharon Hewitt, a Slidell Republican, is running for governor. → Read More
The governor's race just came into sharper focus. See who's in, who's out.
The field for the Louisiana governor’s race came into much sharper focus Monday, with one of the best-known would-be Republican candidates announcing his entry and another announcing he plans to → Read More
Billy Nungesser to announce he's not running for governor, will seek re-election
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser is set to announce he is not running for governor and will instead run for re-election this year, a surprise decision that comes after months of → Read More
A voter fraud movement is growing in Louisiana. Election officials say it's baseless.
Louisiana might seem an unlikely battleground for claims that the 2020 election was rigged to steal the election from then-President Donald Trump. After all, Trump won Louisiana’s electoral votes by → Read More
Here's why Louisiana governor's race could draw several more candidates
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy would have been the big fish in the governor’s race this year. → Read More
John Kennedy opts out of governor's race, clearing field for several other Republicans
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, who represented the biggest name in the potential field of candidates for Louisiana governor in 2023, is not running for the job. → Read More
State librarian claims Billy Nungesser fired her for reporting 'questionable' contracts to FBI
A state libraries official claims Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser fired her and had her marched out of her office after she reported him to the FBI and other investigators over → Read More
Refunds coming to Entergy customers over long-running fights involving troubled Grand Gulf plant
Entergy customers in Louisiana will soon be getting refunds from the resolution of two long-running disputes between the utility and its regulators, who have fought to claw back funds from → Read More
Why Louisiana electric companies don't expect big power outages from cold snap
The biggest challenge will be skyrocketing demand as customers turn the heat on to combat temperatures that will reach the teens for much of Friday to Sunday. → Read More
In wake of devastating storms, Entergy proposes $9.6 billion plan to harden Louisiana's grid
After hurricanes battered Louisiana’s electric grid in 2020 and 2021, Entergy Louisiana is proposing a $9.6 billion grid-hardening plan that is aimed at getting the lights back on faster in → Read More
Could Louisiana force Entergy to help shoulder billions in hurricane costs? Regulators might try.
For decades, it has been a foregone conclusion that Louisiana’s electric ratepayers would shoulder the costs of repairing the grid after hurricanes and other natural disasters. → Read More