Brooke Thorington
WRKF ReporterBefore joining WRKF as the Capitol Access reporter, Brooke was the Assistant News Director at Louisiana Radio Network, where she also reported on statewide news and covered the state legislature.
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The federal grant of $1.1 Billion over 5 years will tackle greater burden of congestive heart failure, diabetes, and cancer rates in rural Louisiana. -
Instead of a statewide ban, Senate Bill No. 4 in the 2026 Louisiana Regular Legislative Session would allow customers in each individual water system, with more than 5,000 service connections, to vote if they want their water supply to remain fluoridated. -
Current law says custodial parents cannot relocate more than 75 miles away from the other parent without their permission. But how the mileage is calculated is left to a judge’s discretion. -
Gov. Jeff Landry cites successes and urges cooperation to approve his $47 billion budget in a mostly 'standstill' budget, as lawmakers consider 1,300 bills. -
NW La. Lawmaker Files Resolution to Hold Any Alleged Epstein Co-Conspirators in Congress AccountableThe resolution would call on Louisiana’s eight-member congressional delegation, “to ensure that all individuals implicated in the Epstein files are fully investigated, prosecuted, and charged through every available legal process.” -
When you consider 1.6 million Louisiana residents, or a third of the state population, are Medicaid recipients, it’s little wonder why the program is budgeted to grow by $258.4 million per year under the change. -
This back and forth between Louisiana’s governor and insurance commissioner becomes just the latest clash in a growing rift between the two fellow Republicans. -
Federal prosecutors say police officials in Rapides and Allen Parishes in Central Louisiana committed fraud involving U-Visas beginning on or about December 26, 2015, and continuing until at least July 15, 2025. -
Louisiana House Bill 479, aims to enhance the notification process to witnesses and crime victims. -
Louisiana lawmakers will have their hands full, with more than 850 prefiled bills to consider before the regular legislative session is scheduled to end on June 12.
