Voting rights advocates are locked in a court fight with Louisiana's top Republicans over whether the state must follow Alabama’s court-ordered path in drawing a new, Black-majority congressional district
October 06, 2023
A judge has delivered a victory to the state prosecution of white Louisiana lawmen in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene
October 09, 2023
The race to replace Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards tops the list of contests voters will decide Saturday in one of only three gubernatorial elections scheduled this year
October 11, 2023
Plans by the Port of South Louisiana to purchase what was once a major shipyard for construction of military vessels have been delayed
October 11, 2023
Attorney General Jeff Landry has won Louisiana governor’s seat, fending off a crowded field of candidates
October 14, 2023
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April 26, 2024
The toll from a fiery pileup in dense fog on a Louisiana interstate has risen to eight dead and 63 injured
October 24, 2023
A mix of smoke and fog known as ‘super fog' has triggered accidents involving multiple vehicles and at least one death on Interstate 10 in Louisiana
November 07, 2023
Republicans in Louisiana have swept three runoff races for powerful statewide offices: attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer
November 18, 2023
As much as 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline system off Louisiana’s southeast coast
November 21, 2023
Louisiana lawmakers now have until the end of January to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace the current map that a federal judge says dilutes the power of the state’s Black voters
December 03, 2023
The Louisiana State Police are reinstating a veteran trooper who had been accused of withholding graphic body-camera footage of a fatal traffic stop
December 18, 2023
The Biden administration is granting Louisiana's request to administer its own permit program for wells that store carbon dioxide
December 28, 2023
Louisiana’s newly inaugurated lawmakers are set to convene for a special session during which they will discuss items that could impact how the state conducts elections
January 14, 2024
The Louisiana Legislature passed a congressional map with a second majority-Black district on Friday, marking a win for Democrats after a legal battle and political tug-of-war that spanned nearly two years
January 19, 2024
Facebook-parent Meta said on Wednesday it plans to invest $10 billion to set up an AI data center in Louisiana, in what would be the tech company's largest data center in the world.
December 04, 2024
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry officially called for a highly anticipated crime-focused special legislative session on Thursday that could overhaul the state’s current criminal justice system, reversing hard-fought and historic reforms that happened under Landry’s Democratic predecessor
February 08, 2024
Louisiana prosecutors have quietly dismissed charges against state police troopers who were recorded beating a Black motorist
February 09, 2024
Carnival season 2024 is entering its final days in New Orleans with big parades on the city's main thoroughfares and smaller, offbeat walking clubs strolling the old French Quarter
February 09, 2024
New Orleans' Carnival season is nearing its “Fat Tuesday” climax
February 13, 2024
A Louisiana State University freshman football player was arrested Thursday and charged with attempted second-degree murder after a shooting last week that injured two people
February 16, 2024
Authorities have launched an investigation after a north Louisiana church attended by House Speaker Mike Johnson received mail containing a white powder
February 20, 2024
In an effort to subdue violent crimes, lawmakers have returned to the Capitol for a short special legislative session and are advancing a slew of Republican-authored tough-on-crime policies
February 21, 2024
A rare calf born with two faces is continuing to flourish eight days after its birth at a southwest Louisiana farm
March 08, 2024Louisiana’s governor made it easier for companies to receive property tax breaks – and schools will likely pay the price.
February 23, 2024
Louisiana politics have been dominated this year by new Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s special legislative sessions to address crime and adopt new congressional maps
March 20, 2024
Advocates for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse say they will ask Louisiana’s Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that wiped out 2021 legislation giving them a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits
March 26, 2024
A group of students from a New Orleans high school staged a play they developed on the steps of Louisiana's Capitol to protest a series of anti-LGBTQ+ legislative proposals
March 31, 2024
Carbon capture is turning the oil and gas industry into a critical player for mitigating climate change – while its products continue to heat up the planet.
April 01, 2024
Unlike recent years when there was an LGBTQ+ ally in the Louisiana governor's office, nothing stands in the way this year of legislation hostile to transgender people
April 23, 2024
Police in Louisiana say three officers have been wounded by gunfire in a standoff with a man suspected of shooting three other people
April 28, 2024
Kansas is requiring abortion providers to share patient information with the state and increasing funds to anti-abortion centers, while bills to loosen a restrictive ban in Louisiana face an uphill battle
April 30, 2024
A new Louisiana congressional map giving the state a second majority-Black House district has been rejected by a panel of federal judges
April 30, 2024
Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger waded into Louisiana politics during the band's performance at The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
May 03, 2024
Democratic state Rep. Delisha Boyd is fighting an uphill battle in her attempt to pass a bill that would exempt cases of rape and incest from Louisiana's near-total abortion ban
May 06, 2024
Despite pleas from Democrats and gut-wrenching testimony from doctors and rape survivors, a GOP-controlled legislative committee rejected a bill that would have added cases of rape and incest as exceptions to Louisiana’s abortion ban
May 07, 2024
A Louisiana jury has convicted one former law enforcement officer and acquitted another in the 2022 shooting death of a man who was sitting in an SUV
May 12, 2024The Supreme Court has ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander
May 15, 2024
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May 30, 2024
The Louisiana Senate gave final legislative approval on Thursday to a bill that would make the state the first in the U.S. to reclassify two abortion-
June 10, 2024
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed a first-of-its-kind bill to classify two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances
May 24, 2024
Louisiana's governor on Friday signed a bill making his state the first in the U.S. to classify two abortion-inducing medications as controlled substances, a category that
June 11, 2024
More than 231,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. states of Texas, Louisiana and California were still without power on Friday after a series of storms battered the region over the past
July 02, 2024
Denka Performance Elastomer in Louisiana threatened to shut down if the Biden administration doesn't give it more time to reduce its emissions
May 29, 2024
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed legislation making it a crime to knowingly approach within 25 feet of a police officer while they are “engaged in law enforcement duties” after the officer has ordered the person to stay back
May 29, 2024
Civil rights attorneys say a new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a police officer under certain circumstances is an affront to the movement for racial justice and violates the First Amendment
June 01, 2024
Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that would allow judges the option to order someone to undergo surgical castration when the person is convicted of a sex crime against a child younger than 13
June 03, 2024
People who commit sex crimes against children in Louisiana could be forced to undergo surgical castration under legislation approved by state lawmakers, a measure that would
June 20, 2024
Scientists using new methods of measuring the carcinogen ethylene oxide have found much higher than expected levels of the chemical in the air along a corridor in southeastern Louisiana
June 11, 2024
The toxic gas ethylene oxide (EtO) is detectable in southeastern Louisiana at levels a thousand times higher than what is considered safe, according to a new study.
June 28, 2024
Louisiana's highest court is giving childhood victims of sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits
June 12, 2024
A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the abduction and death of a 4-year-old Louisiana girl who was found in Mississippi
June 13, 2024
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom
June 19, 2024
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes the state the only one in the country to require displaying the Ten Commandments in every
July 02, 2024
A bill signed into law this week makes Louisiana the only state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every classroom in public schools and colleges
June 20, 2024
Just months into office, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has gained national attention for his push for groundbreaking conservative policies
June 21, 2024
What would be the nation’s largest export terminal for liquefied natural gas has won approval from a federal commission
June 27, 2024
Search and rescue operation ends happily
July 01, 2024
Parents advocate against drunk driving
July 01, 2024
Special task force seizes $1 million worth of drugs, including 6,000 fentanyl pills
July 02, 2024
Officials recognize many homeless are veterans; discussions underway on plan to get funding
July 03, 2024
A federal judge has ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation
July 03, 2024
Louisiana plaintiffs ask court to temporarily block law that requires public schools to display Ten Commandments
July 08, 2024
Parents challenging a new Louisiana law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in public school classrooms are asking a federal court to block implementation of it while their lawsuit progresses — and before the new school year starts
July 08, 2024Louisiana officials say dead pine trees are a major public safety concern
July 10, 2024Man offering $1,000 for help locating missing guide dog
July 11, 2024Shreveport man offering $1,000 for help locating missing guide dog
July 12, 2024
The truck driver who rescued an abandoned baby from the side of Interstate 10 in Louisiana this week says he first thought he might be seeing a discarded doll
July 12, 2024
2 accused of kidnapping Louisiana girls and killing one of them are indicted in Mississippi
July 12, 2024
A federal judge is reining in the use of “strip searches” by police in Louisiana's capital city
July 12, 2024In a clash over the past versus the future, some descendants of enslaved people in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, are fighting to keep a grain terminal from being built in their historic Black neighborhood
July 13, 2024What two assassination attempts in two violent elections in the 1870s warn about today
July 15, 2024Louisiana man accused in Loranger murders enters plea, state seeking death penalty
July 16, 2024
Elderly couple's mobile home flipped during Beryl
July 19, 2024
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