A fight between Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry over the handling of lawsuits against energy companies might make great political theater, but the dispute involves serious public policy questi…

While he’s not physically bringing a check back home, Gov. John Bel Edwards and the state’s delegation in Congress have achieved a significantly higher level of federal support to cover the costs of flood damages to public roads and buildings.

After a summer of so much sadness, we’re tempted not to dwell too much on today’s solemn date, the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. But obligation compels those of us who can remember to do so…

As his community struggles to recover from the country’s worst natural disaster since Superstorm Sandy in 2012, East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden has been spending the week in Taiwan, ostensibly drumming up business for Baton Rouge.

Jails exist for a reason, and we want as many dangerous criminals there as law enforcement and catch and convict. But the high costs of jailing inmates, often guilty of nonviolent crimes and drug offenses, is a legitimate place to look for savings…

Some years ago, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin titled her childhood memoir “Wait Until Next Year,” a reference to the habitually deferred hopes of Brooklyn Dodgers fans in the 1950s.

Chasing the lofty goal of the national average does not sound like much, but the fact is that Louisiana students are making measurable progress toward respectability in educational rankings.

The arrival of Labor Day brings the unofficial end of summer, concluding a season in the life of Louisiana that no one could have envisioned when schools closed for the vacation break last May.

In a deeply partisan presidential campaign season, a natural disaster has reminded Louisiana residents that in times of crisis, petty party politics should have no place in relief and recovery.

After a season of heated rhetoric on the presidential campaign trail about immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, a tragic accident in flood-ravaged Louisiana has underscored how broken our immigration policies really are.

Like Blanche DuBois, Louisiana has always depended on the kindness of strangers.

This month’s devastating floods in south Louisiana served up a sobering reminder that bad luck isn’t distributed evenly. A little more than a decade after Hurricane Katrina, the state is facing another major recovery, a turn of events that seems c…

As Louisiana marks the 11th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina today, many of the state’s residents are digging out from a new disaster. This isn’t the best turn in life’s lottery, which has brought us another major recovery challenge just a little …

If we’re a long way from the legendary FEMA trailer, Louisiana residents displaced by this year’s giant flood remain vulnerable to a housing crisis, one that won’t be merely a temporary emergency.

In the summer of 2016, dramatic events threatened to define Baton Rouge. Looking at the pictures, people wanted to call us names. The grainy video showed a struggling Alton Sterling suddenly shot after someone called out, “Gun.” Many wanted to nam…

Several of us at the Coastal Sustainability Studio at Louisiana State University volunteered our time recently to help gut houses in Baton Rouge after the historic flooding. In this tragedy, we have all been eager to help where and when we can to …

If there was a bright spot in the flooding in south Louisiana, it was the relatively small impact on the region's big petrochemical industrial complex.

While visiting flood-ravaged Baton Rouge on Tuesday, President Barack Obama promised residents that America will support the region’s recovery not just for the moment, but the long-term.

We’re glad that President Barack Obama visited Louisiana on Tuesday to survey the damage from this month’s historic flood, which left much of the state underwater. Now is the time for leaders of Congress to follow suit.

We welcome news of President Barack Obama’s planned visit to Louisiana today to survey flood damage, which should help to advance relief and recovery in the disaster area as a national priority.

While it's a slower-moving catastrophe than Louisiana has experienced lately, the staggeringly bad financial condition of the state of Louisiana is now official: A report to the joint House and Senate budget committee of the Legislature quantified…

In Louisiana, the emotional and physical impact of what may be a 1,000-year flood event is still being absorbed.

We welcome the news that President Barack Obama has scheduled a trip to flood-ravaged Louisiana for Tuesday. We've argued that such a visit can be an important demonstration of the nation's resolve to answer the worst American disaster since Super…

After Hurricane Betsy ravaged Louisiana in 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson flew to New Orleans to comfort the victims. Standing in one evacuee shelter darkened by an electrical outage, LBJ shined a flashlight into his face so that his fellow…

Now that the flood waters ravaging Louisiana are receding, it's time for President Barack Obama to visit the most anguished state in the union.

In south Louisiana, we live with lumps in the throat these days – floods of emotion that rise up from the chest like a cresting current, sometimes spilling over into tears. We’re weepy, of course, because of the even bigger flood that’s ravaged th…

Above Baton Rouge on Monday, the sun struggled to reclaim its rightful place in the summer sky, brightness alternating with persistent clouds. It was a mixed horizon for a mixed day, as south Louisiana grasped for the comfort of weekday routines i…

Last week, headlines heralded the arrival of the Perseid meteor showers, a lovely light show available to those with a clear evening sky.

Although the start of a school year rarely prompts cheers from youngsters, in Baton Rouge the return of reassuring routine brings with it a mild sense of relief. After a violent summer, the city seems ready to embrace autumn, hoping for a turn of …

We can’t think of a better way for public school teachers to start the year than a visit to college, and we hope the idea catches on around Louisiana.

Given Louisiana’s checkered past, voters have become sadly accustomed to seeing politicians in legal trouble.