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Harrah Mayor Barbara Harrer, 91, is ready to call it a career. She plans to step down from her mayoral duties at the end of the month, capping 56 years

(The Center Square) — Louisiana voters on Saturday will elect several candidates to statewide office, settle runoffs races for state House and Senate seats, and decide on four constitutional amendments.

UAB endocrinologist Fernando Ovalle, M.D., explains why new subtypes of diabetes could lead to more precise treatments, fewer doctor visits and potent...

(The Center Square) — While voters on Saturday decided Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry will become the next governor of Louisiana, several other statewide contests will head to a November

There are three statewide races in Louisiana still to be decided in the November 18 runoffs, plus a couple of BESE races.

Voters went to the polls across the state and selected new representatives for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on Saturday, Oct. 14. The members help set rules and standards for public early and K-12 education.

SHREVEPORT, La. - The numbers are in for the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) District 4 race.

Voters will soon select representatives for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The members help set rules and standards for public early and K-12 education. BESE decides curriculum and classroom policy, sets program budgets and creates regulations for schools, administrators and teachers.

Jeff Sadow takes a trip through the BESE races and notes that most of the favorites are backers of reforms like school choice.

Teachers are heading back to the classroom, but according to the Department of Education, Louisiana ranks below the National average for teacher compensation.