The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level in 52 years as the U.S. job market continues to show strength amid rising costs and the ongoing pandemic.

Residents in the New Orleans area were digging out and assessing damage today after...

Baton Rouge Community College said today it had received a $200,000 gift from an anonymous donor to use toward student support.

The U.S. Department of Energy has given a liquefied natural gas exporter operating in Louisiana and Texas permission for additional sales to every country entirely in Europe as they seek to move away from Russian oil and gas because of that country’s war against Ukraine.

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs continue to fall amid...

Wholesale inflation in the U.S. shot up 10% last month from a year earlier—another sign that inflationary pressures remain intense at all levels of the economy.

A public health emergency declaration in effect since March 2020 will end Wednesday in Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards told state lawmakers in a wide-ranging speech on the first day of the 2022 regular legislative session.

Voting rights advocates have praised Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ decision to veto a congressional redistricting plan that didn’t create a second majority-Black district, but they've also criticized the Democratic governor for allowing legislative district maps that don’t increase minority representation to become law.

Now, almost two years after the program made its debut, the question is what taxpayers got for the $800 billion.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed a new congressional redistricting plan for the state Wednesday night because it lacks a second majority-Black district.