Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed legislation that supporters said would open up loan opportunities for people who need credit—but that opponents said enabled predatory lending.

On this first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, federal officials are launching a new initiative to modernize building codes so that communities can be more resilient to hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, and other extreme weather events that are intensifying due to climate change.

The Louisiana Legislature is heading into its final week after a Memorial Day weekend...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and his top lawyers gathered in a State Police conference room in October 2020 to prepare for the fallout from a troubling case closer to home: troopers’ deadly arrest of Ronald Greene.

An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 6.3% in April from a year earlier, just below a four-decade high set in March and the first slowdown since November 2020.

Louisiana’s bond credit rating has moved up a notch. The new rating by Moody’s Investors...

Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week, with the number of those collecting unemployment benefits already near five-decade lows.

Even when regular workers win their biggest raises in decades, they look minuscule compared with what CEOs are getting.

The Louisiana House granted final legislative passage Thursday to a $39 billion state operating...

More Americans applied for jobless aid last week, but the total number of Americans...