Politics & Policy

Louisiana's lowest-paid workers could get a raise under a bill that remained alive during...

At a time when an increasing number of insurance providers across the country are covering fertility treatments, Louisiana lawmakers could soon require private health insurance plans to cover fertility preservation for people undergoing medical treatments for cancer.

Plans to transfer ownership of Government Street from the state to the city-parish have...

Louisiana residents say the cost of their homeowner’s insurance is rising, and many report trouble finding or keeping policies.

Over the past decade, rail corporations have been running more lengthy freight trains—some as long as 3 miles—partly to save fuel and labor costs.

A conservative-leaning coalition has doubled down on its request to lawmakers that they stay...

As nationwide staffing issues continue, causing companies to grapple with filling seasonal summer jobs, BREC is turning to partnerships to find temporary staff. 

Patrick Courreges, a spokesperson for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, says DNR doesn’t expect much impact here, adding that state regulators don’t necessarily use the same definitions for wetlands as the EPA.

Louisiana lawmakers have reached a tentative agreement to give public school teachers and other school staff a $2,000 and $1,000 annual raise respectively, legislators across the political spectrum confirmed this week.

The U.S. Supreme Court has stripped federal agencies of authority over millions of acres of wetlands, expanding the ability of farmers, homebuilders and other developers to dig up or fill wetlands near rivers, lakes and streams.