Politics & Policy

Next month, state regulators in Louisiana will take over responsibilities for carbon storage permitting from the Environmental Protection Agency. 

The LSU System’s total operating expenses increased 26.2% in fiscal year 2023, a jump largely attributed to an overall increase in appropriations, increased research

The Capital Region—along with most of The South—remains under hard freeze warnings and wind...

Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has named Anne Villa as the interim secretary of Louisiana Economic...

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome on Monday announced the appointment of Dante Bidwell, who had been serving as the mayor’s chief of staff since the summer of 2022, as Baton Rouge’s chief administrative officer.

Plaquemines Port Harbor and Terminal District announced last week that it has executed a...

Business and conservative interest groups that want to limit the power of federal regulators think they have a winner in the Atlantic herring and the boats that sweep the modest fish into their holds by the millions.

Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly banking on a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies as well as funding to minority-owned businesses.

Gov. Jeff Landry issued a state of emergency Friday ahead of severe winter weather expected between Sunday and Wednesday. 

Terrence “Joe” Donahue, a former assistant attorney general, is the new secretary of the...