Politics & Policy

The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year, and faces...

The final installment of the Louisiana Survey, released today, suggests that Louisiana residents are...

The Energy Department on Wednesday authorized additional exports of liquefied natural gas from planned terminals in Texas and Louisiana.

State Sen. Rick Ward, R-Port Allen, has proposed creating the “credit access loan,” a new type of financial product for Louisiana, intended for borrowers who can’t qualify for a bank loan. 

Efforts to address Louisiana’s nursing shortage are yielding some results but not at the scale needed to meet an estimated shortage of approximately 6,000 registered nurses by 2030. 

The Louisiana Senate today will take up a proposal to put on the ballot a constitutional amendment that would require local approval and job creation or retention when granting property tax exemptions for manufacturing projects. 

In the fifth installment of the 2022 Louisiana Survey, released Tuesday, residents say the most common barrier to having broadband internet is the cost of the service.

Yet most U.S. oil businesses are not eager to capitalize on this moment by pumping more oil, The New York Times reports.  

For the city and parish combined, recurring sales and use tax collections totaled roughly...

Louisiana lawmakers advanced a proposal Tuesday that would give full statewide licensure to plumbers currently restricted to working in a certain parish or local jurisdiction.