BATON ROUGE, La. – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, along with the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, granted an official pardon to Arrigeaux (uh-REE-go) the Crawfish during the Sixth Annual Pardoning of the Crawfish event. “The Green” at Perkins…
BATON ROUGE, La. – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, the Office of Cultural Development, and Louisiana Main Street are proud to announce the Hammond Downtown Development District is a semifinalist for the 2022 Great American Main Street Award. Main Street…
BATON ROUGE, La. – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Capitol Park Museum announce the opening of Me Got Fiyo: The Professor Longhair Centennial on Tuesday, April 19. The exhibition explores the life and legacy of Henry Roeland Byrd,…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – Capitol Park Museum will host Art Flow 2022, a juried exhibition of two- and three-dimensional art by Louisiana artists. Organized by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, the exhibit will be on…
PINEVILLE, La (press release) – On Feb. 2, Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of Tourism unveiled the newest marker on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail honoring the members of the 761st Tank Battalion during a ceremony…
MANDEVILLE, La (press release) – Keep Louisiana Beautiful, the state’s leading community improvement organization, seeks programs and activities to fund with its Healthy Communities Grant program and is calling for letters of intent to be submitted by March 11,…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – The national non-profit Freedom Reads opened two Freedom Libraries in prisons across Louisiana, one in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the state’s oldest and only maximum security prison, and one at Elayn Hunt…
LAKE CHARLES, La (press release) – Volunteers today planted over 5,000 trees at Sam Houston Jones State Park in Lake Charles. The event is part of ongoing efforts to rebuild the park after Hurricane Laura caused severe damage in…
PINEVILLE, La (press release) – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of Tourism will unveil the next marker on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail on Wednesday, February 2, at the Louisiana Maneuvers & Military Museum in Pineville…
LAFAYETTE, La (press release) – Join in for a country dance at AcA celebrating the rural traditions of Mardi Gras in the big city. Dr. Barry Ancelet will begin the evening with a shortened version of his annual…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of Tourism launched the next series of Louisiana Civil Rights Trail marker unveilings. The McDonogh 19 Elementary School marker was unveiled in a ceremony at the…
LAFAYETTE, La (press release) – Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, the world’s largest free Cajun and Creole music festival, is coming back stronger than ever in 2022. This year’s theme, “Le Grande Retour” or “The Great Return,” promises a tour de…
