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Deadline - Register to vote in person, by mail, or at OMV Office: May 27.

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Early voting - June 12-20, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. (excluding June 14, and June 19)

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Be sure to Vote -- 2nd Party Primary Elections, June 27.

Deadline - Register to vote in person, by mail, or at OMV Office: May 27.

Deadline - Register to vote via GeauxVote: June 6.

Early voting - June 12-20, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. (excluding June 14, and June 19)

Deadline - Request absentee ballot: June 23, 4:30 p.m (other than military and overseas voters).

Deadline - Registrar to receive voted absentee ballot: June 26, 4:30 p.m. (other than military and overseas voters). 

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LA Baptists named to SBC committees

May 26, 2026

By Baptist Message staff ORLANDO, Fla. (LBM) – Southern Baptist Convention President Clint Pressley has named Louisiana Baptists to several committees ahead of the 2026 Annual Meeting, scheduled for June 9-10 in Orlando, Fla. TELLERS James Gardner, associate pastor, McClendon Baptist Church, West Monroe; Jacob Gardner, youth minister, Trinity Baptist Church, Pineville, Chad King, pastor, First Baptist Church, Anacoco, and Dale Lingenfelter, Louisiana Baptists’ associate executive director/chief financial officer COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES Karen Middleton, member, Jefferson Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, and Todd Strain, pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Alexandria REGISTRATION Ray Swift, Louisiana Baptists’ pastoral leadership director … [Read more...]

FIRST PERSON: The Fox in the Henhouse — Big Tech’s role in ‘regulating’ AI endangers children

May 23, 2026

By Gene Mills, special to the Baptist Message BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) -- Big Tech is not your friend and does not share your family values. Now that I’ve said the impolite part out loud, let’s circle back to why that matters and what must be done about it. There are two significant and converging stories in the emerging technology arena. The first is the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) and the legitimate motivation for the United States to win the AI innovation race against China. The second is the reality that Big Tech has knowingly used its social media platforms to monetize ‘childhood attention and affection’ for over two decades, and it is planning to do the same with AI platforms. One current example: A New Mexico jury recently levied $375 million in civil penalties on Meta for misleading consumers about the potential dangers to children interacting with its platforms, namely Meta subsidiaries, Facebook and Instagram. Parents have known this instinctively for years, but the ruling confirms that Meta also understood long ago that its platform was exploitive and addictive to minors, and they continued to market it to children anyway. In fact, that was the goal – design the platforms to capture … [Read more...]

Report: Xi struggles to contain China’s Christian movement

May 20, 2026

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‘A shift in history’: Christians reflect at historic Rededicate 250 gathering

May 19, 2026

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Report: China supplying Iran with weapons while denouncing nuclear program

May 15, 2026

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Coast Guard suspends search for NC church member missing in Hawaii

May 13, 2026

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California mayor Eileen Wang admits acting as Chinese spy, running fake news website with ex-lover in shocking plea deal

May 12, 2026

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Retired pastor, 78, convicted and fined for preaching Bible verse near Northern Ireland hospital

May 12, 2026

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Iran hangs grad student accused of spying for the CIA and Israel’s intel agency

May 11, 2026

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Fulani terrorists kill 13 Christians in Nigeria

May 11, 2026

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MLB pitcher contextualizes team’s Pride Night cap with Bible reference: ‘Gen 9:12-16’

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes just a few words can redefine a picture. While professional sports teams continue to put their players through the ritual humiliation of donning rainbow attire that espouses a pro-LGBT agenda in which many players do not believe, some athletes have turned to … Read More

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