Politics & Policy

Incoming leaders of the Louisiana Legislature aren’t sure yet whether they will get behind a paid parental leave policy for state workers Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards is putting in place during his final days in office. 

After the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals' order last week, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it scheduled Lease Sale 261 in the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico for Dec. 20.

Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years. The unemployment rate has...

Tomorrow’s runoff ballot will be a good reminder that Louisiana—politically at least—is Trump Country.  Former...

The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship introduced a bill this week that...

Gov.-elect Jeff Landry wants more information about the price tag attached to offering state...

The legal battle centered around the incorporation of the city of St. George is officially heading to the Louisiana Supreme Court, the court confirmed today. 

Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has picked a member of former President Donald Trump’s administration to lead the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, the primary state regulator tasked with protecting residents’ health and safety from industrial facilities.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with a tentative plan for mitigating flood risk in the Amite River basin that will undergo public review early next year.

The U.S. Department of Energy is making a push to strengthen the country’s battery supply chain, announcing up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go into them.