Edwards rejects bill to give lawmakers more emergency powers 

Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday vetoed the centerpiece bill of Louisiana's just-ended special...

Edwards sues over House GOP effort to lift coronavirus rules

 Gov. John Bel Edwards filed a lawsuit Monday challenging House Republicans' efforts to rescind...

Louisiana House GOP attempts to revoke governor’s virus rules 

Louisiana House Republicans planned to file a petition Friday to revoke Gov. John Bel...

Rising vacancies, declining rents squeezing apartment REITs 

The pandemic is squeezing owners of big apartment buildings, with a surge in vacancies...

US weekly initial jobless claims drop to 787,000, but layoffs remain high

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 787,000, a sign...

Legislative special session winds down after GOP deal on virus oversight

Now that Republicans in Louisiana's House and Senate have muscled through a deal to...

Louisiana lawmakers avoid business tax hike, drop in jobless benefits, for now

The steep drop in Louisiana's unemployment trust fund balance during the coronavirus outbreak won't...

Deal would turn ConocoPhillips into one of nation’s largest oil producers 

ConocoPhillips is buying shale oil producer Concho Resources in an all-stock deal valued at...

Louisiana company looks to build underground repository to store carbon gas

A Louisiana company plans to create a deep underground repository to store up to...

Time running out for additional coronavirus relief before election

Congress is quickly moving past the point at which it can deliver more coronavirus...