Politics & Policy

As Louisiana gets closer to the possibility of adding a second majority Black congressional...

Federal regulators announced Thursday the first ever Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale, opening sites off the coast of Lake Charles and Galveston, Texas, that could potentially power nearly 1.3 million homes. 

LaPolitics: What should legislative incumbents be worried about as their reelection bids begin in earnest? 

Louisiana’s combined state and local sales tax rate of 9.547% is the second highest nationally, according to the Tax Foundation’s midyear report. 

Leaving the Legislature: Louisiana's second ranking state House lawmaker, Republican Speaker Pro-tem Tanner Magee...

While recent legislation might eventually make it easier for Louisiana businesses to remit sales taxes, it doesn’t achieve advocates’ longtime goal of centralizing state sales tax collection. 

The organization that owns the Lincoln Theater will ask the Planning Commission at its meeting next month to rezone the property from light industrial to light commercial use. 

The Federal Reserve today launched a long-awaited service that aims to modernize the U.S....

LSU’s first College World Series win since 2009 was a home run for Louisiana sports betting, according to the chair of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.

The U.S. Department of Energy this week denied a request from several environmental advocacy...