AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Plaquemine Louisiana. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/plaquemine-la 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/plaquemine-la https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:32:40 -0500 WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement on the passage of H.R. 5, the Parents https://www.americantowns.com/news/scalise-celebrates-house-passage-of-hr-5-the-parents-bill-of-rights-act-31555156-ponchatoula-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/scalise-celebrates-house-passage-of-hr-5-the-parents-bill-of-rights-act-31555156-ponchatoula-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) ??joined Republican Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Republican Conference Chair https://www.americantowns.com/news/scalise-pass-the-lower-energy-costs-act-31555172-ponchatoula-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/scalise-pass-the-lower-energy-costs-act-31555172-ponchatoula-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wa.), https://www.americantowns.com/news/scalise-participates-in-roundtable-discussion-on-lower-energy-costs-act-31555174-ponchatoula-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/scalise-participates-in-roundtable-discussion-on-lower-energy-costs-act-31555174-ponchatoula-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Garret Graves voted yes today on the Parents Bill of Rights Act. The bill https://www.americantowns.com/news/graves-votes-yes-to-empower-parents-role-in-their-childs-education-31555197-gonzales-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/graves-votes-yes-to-empower-parents-role-in-their-childs-education-31555197-gonzales-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 BATON ROUGE, La. – See below for a statement from Governor John Bel Edwards on the mass shooting at Covenant Presbyterian School in Nashville, https://www.americantowns.com/news/gov-edwards-statement-on-deaths-of-louisiana-natives-in-nashville-mass-shooting-31556487-natchitoches-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/gov-edwards-statement-on-deaths-of-louisiana-natives-in-nashville-mass-shooting-31556487-natchitoches-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $13,213,995 in Federal Emergency https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-announces-132-million-to-louisiana-and-beauregard-lafourche-parishes-in-hurricanes-laura-ida-disaster-aid-31558299-madisonville-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-announces-132-million-to-louisiana-and-beauregard-lafourche-parishes-in-hurricanes-laura-ida-disaster-aid-31558299-madisonville-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the Journalism https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-klobuchar-introduce-bill-to-ensure-big-tech-does-not-shortchange-independent-news-outlets-conservative-publishers-31558301-houma-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-klobuchar-introduce-bill-to-ensure-big-tech-does-not-shortchange-independent-news-outlets-conservative-publishers-31558301-houma-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and dozens of other Republican senators introduced the Death Tax Repeal Act of https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-thune-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-repeal-the-death-tax-promote-passage-of-family-businesses-to-next-generation-31558302-metairie-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-thune-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-repeal-the-death-tax-promote-passage-of-family-businesses-to-next-generation-31558302-metairie-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) plan for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to transfer the https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedys-plan-directing-noaa-to-transfer-nmfs-building-to-university-of-louisiana-at-lafayette-for-lab-school-completed-31558303-ruston-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedys-plan-directing-noaa-to-transfer-nmfs-building-to-university-of-louisiana-at-lafayette-for-lab-school-completed-31558303-ruston-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) introduced the National Flood https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-menendez-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-stop-flood-insurance-contractors-from-defrauding-disaster-victims-31558305-sulphur-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-menendez-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-stop-flood-insurance-contractors-from-defrauding-disaster-victims-31558305-sulphur-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and other senators in introducing the Advertising Middlemen https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-lee-introduce-america-act-to-stop-big-tech-from-monopolizing-digital-ad-space-31558307-opelousas-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-lee-introduce-america-act-to-stop-big-tech-from-monopolizing-digital-ad-space-31558307-opelousas-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced two bills, the Jobs and Opportunities for SNAP Act and the Jobs and Opportunities for https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-introduces-welfare-accountability-package-to-bolster-us-economy-empower-workers-31558308-kenner-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-introduces-welfare-accountability-package-to-bolster-us-economy-empower-workers-31558308-kenner-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in introducing the https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-graham-introduce-ending-the-narcos-act-to-designate-nine-major-mexican-drug-cartels-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-31558309-leesville-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-graham-introduce-ending-the-narcos-act-to-designate-nine-major-mexican-drug-cartels-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-31558309-leesville-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor on behalf of crime victims https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-stop-and-frisk-is-constitutional-let-new-orleans-use-it-to-prevent-crime-31558310-thibodaux-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/kennedy-stop-and-frisk-is-constitutional-let-new-orleans-use-it-to-prevent-crime-31558310-thibodaux-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced that Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness https://www.americantowns.com/news/cassidy-announces-7-million-in-hurricane-laura-relief-31558312-lacombe-la.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/cassidy-announces-7-million-in-hurricane-laura-relief-31558312-lacombe-la.html Government and Politics Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500