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A bill establishing a statewide “Landman Code of Conduct” for companies pursuing expropriation authority advanced unanimously through the Louisiana House earlier this session before later being gutted and deferred in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

WELSH — Officials here approved amendments to the previous year’s finances and the financial plan for the upcoming fiscal year this week, highlighting employee raises and improvement projects. Mayor Karl Arceneaux and the Welsh Board of Aldermen met on Tuesday for a public hearing on both fiscal plans.

Rainy weather on the horizon forces a local organization to cancel its upcoming weekend event. PFLAG Jennings, part of the nation’s largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and their loved ones, was planning a family fun day for Saturday when the forecasted weather forced organizers to cancel, according to Treasurer and Social Media Outreach Coordinator Baily G.

— More than half of the federal budget will go toward benefits for Americans 65 years and older by 2036, and that percentage is set to only grow, a recent congressional report finds. The Joint Economic Committee’s 2026 report shows that non-interest federal spending on Social Security and Medicare payouts will climb from 45% to 52% over the next decade “Given long-term demographic forecasts, this increase does not represent a peak, but rather a step in a continued upward trajectory,” the report notes.