The Louisiana secretary of state's online portal and mobile app, where voters go to find their polling location, went down Saturday afternoon for about an hour in the middle of the state's runoff election for governor and other state and local races.
Follow live results from tonight's elections in Louisiana as returns come in. There are several races in the Baton Rouge area...
The next phase of elections in Louisiana will be the general election Nov. 16.
Louisiana’s election for governor, which will determine whether the increasingly red state will keep its Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards or opt for President Donald Trump’s favored candidate Eddie Rispone, will come to an end Saturday after …
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House and Senate are expected to fast-track yet another stop-gap spending measure next week to prevent a federal government shutdown Thursday.
U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham appeared onstage at a Thursday night rally with President Donald Trump to stump for Eddie Rispone in the governor’s race, but not all of Abraham’s crew is all-in for Rispone.
BOSSIER CITY — Bringing his rollicking road show to Bossier City on Thursday night, President Donald Trump mocked Democrats in Washington, boasted about the country’s low unemployment rate and urged the raucous crowd to vote on Saturday for Eddie …
WASHINGTON — A Louisiana native is one step closer to taking a powerful role in President Donald Trump's cabinet.
SHREVEPORT – Gov. John Bel Edwards sought to win over undecided voters in Shreveport-Bossier City Thursday in advance of President Donald Trump’s nighttime rally by telling reporters at noon that the president is coming once again to Louisiana onl…
WASHINGTON — With the clock winding down on the Louisiana governor's race, the Republican National Committee is beefing up resources to try to help Baton Rouge businessman Eddie Rispone unseat incumbent Gov. John Bel Edwards.
Today in The Rundown: It's Trump rally night in Bossier City — just a day ahead of Election Day in Louisiana; Gov. John Bel Edwards and his Republican challenger Eddie Rispone have just hours left to campaign in the runoff and all signs point to a…
Ed Orgeron's call-in radio shows require just a phone, first name and last initial, so "John B. from Amite" began with a very unofficial tone.
Attorneys, oil and gas interests and dark money groups have continued to funnel millions of dollars into Louisiana’s governor’s race since the start of the runoff campaign between Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards and Republican Eddie Rispone, and …
WASHINGTON — The first public hearing in an historic impeachment inquiry doesn't appear to have budged the views of Louisiana Republicans, who have steadfastly defended President Donald Trump against allegations that he leveraged foreign aid to Uk…
An attack ad blasting a military buddy of Gov. John Bel Edwards over his bidding on state coastal work must be temporarily taken off the airwaves while a new lawsuit plays out, a judge ruled Wednesday, as the dispute heats up in the waning days of…
As he trailed fellow Republican Congressman Ralph Abraham in the polls a few weeks before the primary election for governor last month, Eddie Rispone decided to launch a withering attack ad against his opponent.
In a state Supreme Court race in which transparency over judicial misconduct has become a major issue, multiple secret complaints alleging ethics violations have found their way into the public square.
State officials plan to hold two public hearings next week on a $380 million plan to widen Interstate 10 between the "new" Mississippi River bridge and the I-10/12 split.
Recent polls say Saturday’s election for governor is a toss-up.
Baton Rouge attorney Ronald Johnson violated the Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct for the third time in his attempt to secure a seat in Baton Rouge's district court, according to findings that the Louisiana Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee …
U. S. Sen. John Kennedy said Monday the impeachment inquiry targeting President Donald Trump hinges on Trump's motive in asking the president of Ukraine to investigate former Vice-President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
African-Americans turned out in big numbers during the early voting period, boosting the chances of Gov. John Bel Edwards against businessman Eddie Rispone in Saturday’s runoff election.
WASHINGTON — “I love the state. I love the people. I love the whole thing.”
The governor’s race began unofficially 11 months ago, when U.S. Sen. John Kennedy released a written statement.
Never before has a president of the United States campaigned so hard for a Louisiana gubernatorial candidate.
Both candidates in a runoff election for the state's House District 67 seat are longtime local health care professionals and lifelong Baton Rouge residents, and both promise to help some of the community's most disadvantaged residents.
The commercials start with victims and villains: an innocent woman driving safely, a reckless tractor-trailer driver who strikes her car, an insurance company that refuses to pay.
Jefferson Parish has been good to Gov. John Bel Edwards on election days.
WASHINGTON — There is a lot riding on the Tigers when they take on rival Alabama on Saturday — on and off the field.
An attack ad in the governor’s race was pulled from airwaves Friday after claiming Edwards’ military buddy landed a contract worth up to $65 million, even though the contract was never awarded.
GONZALES — In the final days of the Republican-on-Republican runoff in the state House 88 election, the battle to establish in voters' minds who would make the more conservative and trustworthy candidate is reaching a fever pitch.
WASHINGTON — Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has been named a co-chairman of the "Veterans for Trump" coalition on President Donald Trump's re-election campaign team.
WASHINGTON — Louisiana's pitch for a larger share of offshore oil and gas revenues for coastal projects, including efforts to protect Louisiana's receding coastline, was met with a mixed reaction during a U.S. Senate hearing Thursday.
For months, gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone and other Republicans have been bad-mouthing the performance of Louisiana’s economy under Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat.
A cyberattack that forced the shutdown of St. James Parish government's computer network did not interrupt early voting for runoff elections Nov. 16 or affect the public schools, according to state and parish school officials.
Republican businessman Eddie Rispone is raking in more campaign cash after becoming the lone GOP contender in the Louisiana governor's race against Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards.
Today in The Rundown: Highlights from President Donald Trump's second of three rallies in the Louisiana governor's race; Details about POTUS' plans for attending the LSU-Alabama rivalry game; Updates on the latest gubernatorial candidate spats; an…
MONROE — President Donald Trump and Gov. John Bel Edwards, campaigning in a key battleground in the Louisiana governor’s race, held competing events here Wednesday, with the president urging voters to send a message to Democrats by voting for Edwa…
In wading into Louisiana’s election for governor, President Donald Trump has deployed a familiar formula for his campaigning in state races, praising the Republican candidate and blasting the Democrat on red-meat conservative issues like gun rights.
Gov. John Bel Edwards said Wednesday GOP gubernatorial rival Eddie Rispone would slash college and university budgets and merge colleges if he is elected governor.
MONROE – For the second time in his bid for reelection, Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday found himself warding off a campaign stop by President Donald Trump for his Republican opponent Eddie Rispone, painting the event as a partisan e…
MONROE — Gov. John Bel Edwards this week called the leaders of a New Orleans political group in an effort to get the organization to take down a radio ad comparing his Republican opponent Eddie Rispone to white supremacist David Duke.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he'll "remain neutral" when he goes to watch top-ranked rivals LSU and Alabama face off in Tuscaloosa this weekend, teams from deep red states where the president is popular.
WASHINGTON — Just before the Louisiana governor's race runoff, President Donald Trump is planning to hold another rally for Republican Eddie Rispone — this time in the far northwest corner of the state.
The day before the president arrives in Louisiana to rally votes for GOP challenger Eddie Rispone, the two candidates met Tuesday with friendly crowds at separate events.
The resolution of a dispute with the Kansas City Southern railroad means work on the $343 million Comite River Diversion Canal should be finished by late 2021, a top official of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday.
GONZALES — After a grand jury investigation, Ascension Parish District Attorney Ricky Babin said his office has found no evidence of any unreported rapes or any rape cases that were covered up as suggested by explosive, recorded allegations attrib…
GONZALES — Ascension Parish President-elect Clint Cointment is on the cusp of entering the political office he has been seeking since his "Start the Conversation" campaign signs began popping up across Ascension Parish more than five years ago.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected in Tuscaloosa this weekend to watch No. 2 Alabama take on the No. 1 LSU Tigers, according to a published report.
Republican and Democratic operatives in the Louisiana governor’s race escalated their rhetoric Monday as supporters of Gov. John Bel Edwards made fiery comparisons between his GOP challenger, Eddie Rispone, and white supremacist David Duke, prompt…
Louisiana’s economy is growing, and the state has its lowest unemployment rate in 11 years, Gov. John Bel Edwards told viewers during Wednesday’s debate with contractor Eddie Rispone.
