LAKE CHARLES — Standing near the empty lot where his house once stood, Ron Thomas said his message for President Joe Biden when he arrives for a visit on Thursday is a simple one: Send help.
Having gotten what they wanted last fall — expanded early voting and mail balloting in the last presidential election — voting rights advocates in Louisiana are trying to dismiss the lawsuit they filed seeking safe voting opportunities during the …
A state senator has dropped a bid to change Louisiana’s unique jungle primary system for congressional races in favor of closed party primaries, shelving an issue that has created sharp public divisions between some of the state’s leading Republicans.
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A woman who chooses to undergo a two-pill regime to trigger a chemically-induced abortion would have to be notified of options to reverse her decision under a legislative proposal that advanced Wednesday through Louisiana's House Committee on Heal…
Legislation to provide relief dollars to the logging industry in Louisiana is headed to the House floor.
Louisiana state agencies and public colleges would be unable to require coronavirus vaccines for entry into their facilities, if House lawmakers agree to a bill that won overwhelming support Tuesday from the Senate.
The effort to detail how Louisiana residents will wager on sporting events in the future begins in earnest Wednesday when the House votes on the taxes and fees attached with sports betting.
The Louisiana House on Tuesday night rejected a bill that would ban paddling and other forms of corporal punishment in public schools.
Legislation that would have kept transgender youth from participating in women’s K-12 sports was rejected Tuesday by the Louisiana House Education Committee.
A legislative proposal to decriminalize prostitution in Louisiana was shelved Tuesday after hours of public testimony from sex workers and amid concerns the measure could exacerbate human trafficking.
School buses put into operation after Jan. 1, 2023 would be required to have seat belts under a bill that won approval Tuesday in the House Education Committee.
The Louisiana Senate unanimously voted to make it illegal for employers to discriminate against someone because of their hairstyle, a measure striking at tactics that have targeted Black people who wear their hair naturally.
Construction on a number of new taxpayer-funded school athletics facilities in Denham Springs will begin later this year.
The state would stop sending checks to private businesses if legislation forwarded Monday by a Senate makes it through the process.
A legislative proposal that would make it easier for victims of domestic violence to apply for a temporary restraining order has come under fire from Louisiana's powerful gun lobby — though its proponents aren't exactly sure why.
The Louisiana speaker’s House-passed bill to centralize the collection of sales taxes attracted a lot of questions and some trepidation – as it has all through the process – but after a wording change, the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs committ…
A legislative panel on Monday advanced a hotly contested proposal backed by the oil and petrochemical industries to rework the oversight of river pilots who guide ships up and down the Mississippi River, a bill that represents the latest power str…
Lawmakers in the state House want New Orleans and four neighboring parishes to come up with a plan to help the state pay off a hefty debt to the federal government for upgrades made to the region's flood protection system after Hurricane Katrina.
The Louisiana House has backed proposals to legalize and tax the raw, smokable form of medical marijuana, a key expansion of the state’s medical program as lawmakers debate looser rules for the drug.
Louisiana House lawmakers Monday released their multibillion-dollar spending plans for next year, advancing budget bills that would start earmarking the latest federal coronavirus aid, give teachers a pay raise and spend millions on local pet projects.
Ochsner Health System lost the first round of a legislative battle with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, physicians groups and other hospitals over the use of non-compete provisions in doctors’ contracts Monday, with a Louisiana House…
Louisiana state Sen. Mike Fesi said Monday that he has been infected with COVID-19.
The petrochemical industry has long battled with the river pilots who help steer ships up and down the Mississippi River, mostly over the large fees the pilots charge industrial firms for their services.
Starting Sunday night the three finalists for LSU’s top job will start rotating through a gauntlet of meetings with faculty, students, and alumni as the search for a new president draws closer to a final decision.
Interest in working for the Tangipahoa Parish School System is already on the rise after voters approved a sales tax increase to fund $10 million in raises for all system employees.
Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday made public his plan for spending nearly $1.6 billion in federal coronavirus aid in a proposal that pumps hundreds of millions of dollars into widening interstates, propping up the tourism industry, modernizing mu…
Republican state Rep. Scott McKnight, a conservative 40-year-old Baton Rouge businessman, was torn over the proposal in the Louisiana Legislature to legalize marijuana for recreational use.
Several hundred seniors, mostly African American, gathered in Baton Rouge back in 2014 to visit with their elected officials.
Troy Carter is headed to Washington on May 11 to represent the 2nd Congressional District after being elected with 55% of the vote on April 24.
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A month ago, U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise was asked whether he had been vaccinated against COVID, amidst numerous reports that Republicans are less likely to seek the protection.
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise and Cedric Richmond worked together on issues important for metro New Orleans and Louisiana during their 10 years together in the House, even though they hold sharply different views on national issues.
A law that would bar transgender athletes from participating on sports teams that match their gender identity advanced out of the Senate Committee on Education Thursday, though its author couldn't cite an example locally of the problem it purports…
Gov. John Bel Edwards unveiled his plan Thursday for how to spend $1.6 billion in federal coronavirus relief with a proposal that focuses on kickstarting tourism, investing in infrastructure and replenishing Louisiana's depleted unemployment fund.
Louisiana lawmakers intend to give K-12 public school teachers a $1,000 pay raise next year, more than double the amount proposed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, the leader of the Senate Education Committee said Thursday.
Amid rising tensions that threaten to disrupt the legislative session in its third week, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday that controversy surrounding House Education Committee Chairman Ray Garofalo is enough to justify his removal as leader of…
A bill that would allow student athletes at LSU and elsewhere to make money from their name and likeness won approval Thursday in the Senate Education Committee.
The Metro Council is taking two additional weeks to decide whether to form a commission that would tackle the possibility of renaming streets with ties to the Confederacy or historical figures with divisive viewpoints and actions.
Black state lawmakers are calling on Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder to remove the Republican chair of the House Education Committee from his leadership post after an acrimonious hearing over his proposal to ban the teaching of “divisive …
The sponsor of a bill that would place restrictions on transgender youth access to gender-confirming health care shelved the proposal Wednesday amid immense opposition from transgender people, health providers and advocates.
Louisiana residents would be able to carry a concealed handgun in public without undergoing a background check or taking a firearms safety course under a pair of bills that are quickly advancing through the state Legislature.
Breaux Bridge crawfish workers filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C. seeking to invalidate a U.S. Department of Labor rule they claim allows distributors to underpay them sometimes by as much as $4 to $5 per hour.
Saying something must be done to find the money to fix the state’s crumbling highways and dangerous bridges, the Louisiana House’s tax writing committee late Tuesday night rejected the latest effort to increase the tax on gasoline – even after it …
Amid heavy opposition, the sponsor of a bill that would toughen retirement rules for future teachers and state employees has set aside his proposal, which may end any chances for approval this year.
Legislation that would restrict law enforcement officials from using no-knock warrants and chokeholds advanced Tuesday.
Two days after losing a bitter congressional election to Troy Carter, Karen Carter Peterson stood before their Senate colleagues Monday to graciously acknowledge his victory and wish him success in Washington.
American air travelers can wait a while longer before having to present a REAL ID embossed drivers' license to board domestic flights, according to a statement released Tuesday by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
With coronavirus vaccines now widely available, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday the end to Louisiana's statewide mask mandate, returning power to businesses and local governments to set their own face covering restrictions.
A Louisiana House committee has advanced a proposal to legalize marijuana for recreational use, sending the bill to the full state House in a key milestone for the effort to end the state’s prohibition on the drug.
In a change from previous years, paddling and other forms of corporal punishment would be banned in public schools under a bill that won lopsided approval Wednesday in the House Education Committee.
The chairman of the House Education Committee shelved his own bill Tuesday that would ban colleges and public schools from teaching "divisive concepts," including that Louisiana or the United States is racist or sexist or that students should be m…