Politics & Policy

Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana legislators agree that pay raises for K-12 schoolteachers,...

Running afoul of OSHA will get more expensive for companies beginning next week. The agency...

A Louisiana House panel mulling proposals for sweeping changes to the state’s tax structure...

State Sen. Sharon Hewitt, R-Slidell, officially announced she is running for governor this morning, WBRZ-TV reports. 

Louisiana tax collections from online sales eclipsed $1 billion in November, just over two years after the state established a commission to tax remote sellers.

An LSU professor who sued a man for defamation for reporting him both to the police and the university claiming he was raped by the professor has agreed to settle with the defendant. The alleged victim claims the lawsuit was retaliatory. 

LaPolitics: You’re still somewhat new to the position of Senate Commerce chair, but surely...

Louisiana brought in roughly $26.5 million in tax revenue during the first 12 months...

Rising consumer prices in the U.S. moderated again last month, bolstering hopes that inflation’s grip on the economy will continue to ease this year and possibly require less drastic action by the Federal Reserve to control it. 

The Republican Party of Louisiana is debating whether to recommend the elimination of no-fault divorce, a change that would make it more difficult for couples to dissolve their marriages if enacted.