Politics & Policy

"This is the last session of the term," Senate President Page Cortez said Monday, on opening day, before adding, "We hope.”

LSU has signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Secret Service to better develop technology and talent in cybersecurity for state and national security. 

Public access: As public frustration over Louisiana’s violent crime grows, Republican gubernatorial candidate Attorney...

Louisiana's shrimpers fear that this year's season could mean bankruptcy for some and the end of a generations-long way of life.

U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose to their highest level in more than a...

Nearly $107 million in reimbursement requests that the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness submitted during the second half of last year were not supported by sufficient documentation.

Plans are for the subdivision, which will be south of the intersection of South Tiger Bend and Hoo Shoo Too roads, to have 194 single-family residences.

Louisiana’s top election official will give up his office at the end of his term in January. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin issued a statement today announcing he will not seek reelection this fall.

Gov. John Bel Edwards opened this year’s regular legislative session—his last as governor—with calls for addressing what many lawmakers and business advocates call a crisis in the state’s property insurance market. 

Former LABI president Stephen Waguespack and two political action committees supporting him in the Louisiana governor's race will report raising more than $3 million during the past four weeks.