Louisiana will get $412,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove lead pipes for schools and childcare facilities across the state. The EPA announced in June that ...

It will become illegal next month to use a phone while driving in Louisiana unless it’s for hands-free calls or navigation. On Monday, Gov. Jeff Landry signed House Bill 519 by Rep. Brian Glorioso, ...

Louisiana lawmakers are sending $7.5 million into three LSU System institutions to help replace lost federal research funding. The Louisiana Legislature usually spends some money annually on higher ...

Stephanie Ali did not think she and her family were being deported to Honduras in late January, until they reached their gate inside a Houston airport. Earlier that day, she, her mother Claudia ...

Non-English-speaking immigrants detained in Louisiana are being denied access to translation and interpretation services, leaving them unable to request medical care or file complaints about abusive ...

The Gingles test Created by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1986 case Thornburg v. Gingles, plaintiffs must show the existence of three preconditions to prove racial vote dilution: The racial or ...

A surprise amendment to what was a simple bill caused an appreciable rift among Republicans in the Louisiana Legislature this past week, but it might have helped advance Gov. Jeff Landry’s signature ...

Flood relief at a cost One Lake has been a polarizing topic in Jackson and its suburbs for more than a decade. During that time, various forms of the project have been touted as the answer to ...

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court blocked a Louisiana law Friday that requires public K-12 schools, colleges and universities to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The 5th U.S. Court ...

A Toronto-based energy company announced plans Tuesday for a new facility in Louisiana that would burn wood and garbage to produce what it considers “renewable” biofuels, though some critics question ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said her agency will look into whether the Caddo Parish Commission violated state law when it touted a visit from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders to Shreveport last ...

Louisiana is joining a lawsuit to overturn a federal rule as the state looks to roll back regulations on small nuclear reactors. Gov. Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality ...