Shannon Heckt

On This Week in Louisiana Politics, lawmakers are calling an investigative hearing to get to the bottom of the Orleans Parish District Attorney moving to re-sentence a number of inmates before a ne…

Lawmakers are looking for an emergency declaration to get people funds to remove dangerous trees infested with beetles in Louisiana.

On This Week in Louisiana Politics, new policies are being put in place for teachers to deal with troublesome students and reduce the amount of training they have to do.

Louisiana State University is getting a grant from the federal government to preserve the LSU Campus Mounds that were constructed by Native Americans thousands of years ago.

Posted: Updated: BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD) — Three years ago, Hurricane Ida made landfall at Port Fourchon as a Category 4 storm.

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A new law is in place that allows teachers to get additional pay when they have to perform extra duties on campus outside their normal responsibilities. But some teachers are raising alarm that school districts are possibly sidestepping the rules.

WASHINGTON D.C. (BRPROUD) — In his final months in office, U.S. Rep. Garret Graves is making a push to reform Social Security. He wants to remove two provisions that have reduced retirees’ mo…

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A legislative committee grilled the Orleans Parish District Attorney over his moves to allow some inmates to be released earlier. Some believe he’s let too many people …

On This Week in Louisiana Politics, the Orleans Parish District Attorney is coming under fire for his work to right what he calls past wrongs in some convictions.

Two days after Hurricane Francine, people are still dealing with flood waters at their doors. In Lafourche Parish, some residents believe not enough is being done to keep water at bay.