State leaders rejoiced last Thursday over the federal government’s decision to give Louisiana authority...

A majority of justices on the Louisiana Supreme Court are calling on incoming state...

On Jan. 11, 2016, the same day he was sworn into office, John Bel Edwards received his first briefing as governor about a weather-related disaster headed for Louisiana. 

Republican Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has intervened in the hiring of Grambling State University President...

Even before Virginia lawmakers passed a tough new law against organized retail crime earlier this year, Bradley Haywood, a public defender in Arlington, Virginia, challenged the rationale.

A majority of state district court and appellate judges in Louisiana have refused to participate in a study aimed at shrinking some court systems and possibly expanding others to align with population shifts over the past four decades.

Louisiana legislative leaders have tentatively settled on dates for two special sessions to be held in January and February before their regular lawmaking session begins in March. 

Livingston Parish President-elect Randy Delatte had a simple recommendation for a state task force gathering input on a controversial proposal to inject carbon dioxide under Lake Maurepas: Give the people who live near the lake the same level of consideration given to special interest groups.

At his final press conference Monday, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards indicated he’s not retiring completely from politics at the end of his term, leaving open the possibility for another run for public office.

After skyrocketing in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and then tempering almost as dramatically a year later, health care spending in the U.S. rose just over 4% in 2022, hitting $4.5 trillion, the federal government announced last week.