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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.

ExchangeRight, a California-based real estate investment firm, purchased the Walgreens at 5955 Airline Highway...

A review of Louisiana’s election processes and procedures found that state officials largely follow practices to ensure the integrity of outcomes when voters head to the polls. 

Strategic Biofuels has cleared a significant hurdle in the development of its $700 million Louisiana Green Fuels renewable diesel plant near the Caldwell Parish seat of Columbia.  

Cadence Bank will open its first Baton Rouge branch after purchasing a 3.5-acre lot on Corporate Boulevard at the end of last year.

The state’s top business lobby will push to allow families to divert a portion of the state dollars allocated for their children into savings accounts that could be used for private school tuition, tutoring or other services. 

The lobbying industry had a record year in 2021, taking in $3.7 billion in...

An in-house Louisiana State Police investigator says his recommendation to supervisors to have a trooper arrested following the in-custody death of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist, was ignored. 

Seattle is America's most desired post-graduation destination for college students, according to the new Axios-Generation Lab Next Cities Index

Nonpartisan Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch is highlighting the economic costs of excessive tort litigation in Louisiana as lawmakers prepare for the regular legislative session that begins today, The Center Square reports.