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Residents of St. James Parish filed a federal lawsuit today raising allegations of civil rights, environmental justice and religious liberty violations. 

President Joe Biden has nominated Baton Rouge attorney Darrel Papillion to be a federal judge for the New Orleans-based U.S. Eastern District of Louisiana, the White House announced yesterday. 

An Orleans Parish judge lifted an injunction in the Folgers Coffee Co. tax exemption...

A state audit released Wednesday details how the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners...

An ordinance meant to crack down on slumlords passed by the Metro Council late last fall is having unintended consequences, WAFB-TV reports. 

Following this morning’s hearing, both sides in the fight over whether the incorporation of St. George in East Baton Rouge Parish should be allowed to go forward will await the appeals court’s decision. 

Attorneys for the St. George incorporation effort in East Baton Rouge Parish have another chance to make their case, this time on Tuesday to the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the First Circuit. 

Baton Rouge resident Blaine Smith retired early from ExxonMobil in 1999 to focus on building homes, and it was the latter business that enabled him to invest more than $1 million with Stanford Trust.

ExxonMobil Corp. violated federal law for failing to take sufficient action as five hangman’s nooses were displayed at its facility in Baton Rouge, the U.S. government says in a lawsuit.

Companies may face steeper penalties for misconduct if they lack policies regarding employees' use of personal cellphones and messaging apps, a top U.S. Justice Department official said today.