In a nearly 10-hour committee hearing that spanned overnight, Louisiana lawmakers advanced a congressional redistricting bill ...

After nearly 10 hours of overnight testimony and debate, the outcome of the Louisiana Legislature’s latest redistricting ...

Efforts to put heavy restrictions on the menhaden fishing industry in Louisiana appear to have largely flopped this ...

Keith Ezidore, a 73-year-old man who spent more than three decades in prison on a murder conviction that was overturned last summer, walked out of the St. James Parish Jail on Tuesday afternoon to ...

Louisiana legislators voted this week to expand the list of public officials who can carry a concealed handgun in the State ...

The May 16 statewide election is shaping up to be one of the most unusual ballots in recent memory. What would typically be a low-profile primary election has instead become a measure of voter anger ...

The Louisiana House of Representatives voted 54-35 Monday to increase their own compensation and the salaries of statewide elected officials, including the governor. But before the end of the day, ...

NEW ORLEANS — A day before state lawmakers were expected to advance congressional maps to curb or outright eliminate Louisiana’s Black representation in Congress, a panel of city leaders called on a ...

Louisiana might move Confederate monuments that have been taken down by local governments to state parks. State lawmakers are considering a proposed law that would transfer any “historical statue or ...

Tensions erupted Friday as Republican state lawmakers presented new election maps to eliminate one or both of Louisiana’s ...

The New Orleans City Council met Monday for a special meeting to place an interim clerk in charge of its recently ...

Louisiana lawmakers are on track to let voters decide whether prosecutors should have more control over when a criminal defendant can waive their right to a jury trial. Senate Bill 97, sponsored by ...