President-elect Joe Biden's proposal to boost the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour reignited arguments Friday in Louisiana on whether an increase makes sense.
GONZALES — Robert Poche', Ascension Parish's registrar of voters for nearly 40 years, is expected to retire at the end of the month.
An LSU board of supervisors member asked Friday whether the university could explore severing its relationship with Rouses Supermarkets over co-owner Donald Rouse Sr.'s attendance at a protest in Washington D.C. last week that turned violent when …
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A controversial law that shields police officers from lawsuits alleging brutality would be revamped under a plan endorsed Thursday by a state panel studying law enforcement practices statewide.
Eddie Rispone, the Republican businessman who lost a bid to unseat Louisiana’s Democratic governor in 2019, is suspending his campaign for chairman of the party, weeks after saying he wanted to take over after seeing the party outworked and outspe…
Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome delivered her sternest message yet Thursday regarding mitigation measures during the coronavirus pandemic, telling East Baton Rouge Parish residents they have "one more chance" to better comply with restriction…
Julia Letlow announced Thursday morning that she would run for the congressional seat her late husband, Luke Letlow, had won but never occupied as he died of COVID-related complications days before taking his oath of office.
Gov. John Bel Edwards says he’s hopeful a surge of protesters expected at the state Capitol in the next week will stay peaceful, even as law enforcement agencies braced for violent chaos, with the FBI reportedly girding for armed protests in all 5…
A task force studying police practices Thursday will debate trimming police protection against lawsuits alleging abuse, requiring vehicles to have dashboard cameras that are activated when an officer gets out and new rules for no-knock policies.
The U.S. House impeached President Donald Trump on Wednesday for instigating last week’s rampage at the U.S. Capitol to try to overturn his election defeat, but Louisiana’s four Republican members voted against the motion.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry broke with the chief legal officers of 46 other states who condemned the storming of the U.S. Capitol last week in a letter, with Landry instead writing his own letter criticizing his Democratic colleagues fo…
The U.S. House likely will vote Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting an attack on the U.S. Capitol last week that “gravely endangered” Congress, with none of Louisiana’s four Republican members expected to break ranks and suppo…
He looks like a regular guy. He’s unnamed as they usually are in any one of the dozens of commercials for personal injury lawyers that show up daily on Louisiana television, highway billboards, social media and elsewhere.
Louisiana's transportation chief Monday stopped just short of dismissing chances for a gas tax hike in 2021 that is being pushed by industry groups.
Two members of his Cabinet have resigned, and other prominent Republicans are distancing themselves from President Donald Trump after he encouraged his followers to march on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, and they attacked the historic building.
Grambling State University President Rick Gallot recalled a stab of fear that shot through him when he saw Lee Hall on the campus of the school founded in 1901 to educate Black students forbidden from attending the state’s public institutions.
Vaughn Gordon apologized for his hoarse voice before addressing the gathered crowd of 50 people in front of the State Capitol on Saturday afternoon.
Baton Rouge Republican Congressman Garret Graves doesn’t think Donald Trump should be removed from office, but said Friday the president should “effectively resign” and keep a low profile for the remaining 12 days in office.
As a mob of rioters descended Jan. 6 upon the U.S. Capitol, Congressman Steve Scalise was making his way through a maze of tunnels.
Katie Bernhardt, the chairperson of the Louisiana Democratic Party, criticized members of the state's congressional delegation Thursday for what she called their role in the storming of the U. S. Capitol that delayed certification of President-ele…
Five of the six members of Louisiana’s Republican congressional delegation sided with President Donald Trump in votes late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning that sought to overturn the election of Joe Biden as president.
An appeals court has refused to throw out a defamation lawsuit that Louisiana's former Veterans Affairs secretary filed against the state's legislative auditor and inspector general in 2017.
Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday called special elections for two vacant U.S. House seats, setting the contests for March 20 with April runoffs if necessary.
Protesters at a Stop the Steal-type rally on the steps of the State Capitol, Wednesday, January 6, 2021, on the day that the House and Senate began a lengthy debate over President-elect Joe Biden’s victory as Republicans lodged their first objecti…
Amite City Councilman Emmanuel Zanders has been arrested and charged with election fraud, the attorney general's office said Wednesday.
U.S. Reps. Steve Scalise and Mike Johnson announced Wednesday morning that they will join U.S. Sen. John Kennedy and U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins as members of Louisiana's legislative delegation who will vote today to overturn Joe Biden's election as pr…
Former mayoral candidate and state representative Steve Carter is hospitalized with COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, officials close to Carter said Tuesday.
This story has been updated to reflect that Scalise and Johnson have now publicly taken a position on today's vote.
An emergency election plan that prompted a partisan war over mail ballots last fall easily passed two legislative committees Tuesday, clearing the way for Louisiana to keep in place expanded mail balloting for upcoming local and congressional elections.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has named his nephew and former law partner Bradley A. Stevens to the board of supervisors for the University of Louisiana System.
State Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, said Monday he has opted against running for the congressional seat that U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond is giving up.
It was Vic Stelly’s wife of 60 years, Terry, dying only 14 hours after he, both of COVID-19 complications, that grabbed the attention of people around the nation.
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana joined Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas in announcing Saturday that they will oppose certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory when Congress meets Wednesday to review the Electoral College outcome, join…
Louisiana Republican U.S. Sen. John Kennedy said Saturday he would join an effort to refuse certifying electors from six states, in hopes of denying the presidency to the election's winner, Joe Biden.
Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome was sworn in for her second term on Saturday morning in a virtual ceremony that emphasized the values of unity and progress for the city-parish.
Now that Louisiana is receiving COVID-19 vaccines each week, the state Health Department is turning its focus to a crucial part of reaching herd immunity and ending the pandemic by immunizing 70% of the state’s population: convincing people to get it.
Starting Friday, acupuncture and most cancer treatments will be covered. Jurors will be paid more.
A day after Louisiana saw a record-high increase in confirmed coronavirus cases, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that vaccines will be available to residents 70 years old and older at select pharmacies by appointment beginning next week.
When I received the tragic news Tuesday night that Luke Letlow had died from complications of COVID-19, my mind flashed back to the last time I had seen the congressman-elect.
When I received the tragic news Tuesday night that Luke Letlow had died from complications of COVID-19, my mind flashed back to the last time I had seen the congressman-elect.
The election to replace Luke Letlow, who died from COVID-19 complications days before being sworn in as congressman for Louisiana’s 5th District, will be set for March 20th with an April runoff if needed.
Louisiana’s chief elections official is proposing an emergency plan for the February and Spring elections mirroring the expansion of absentee mail voting allowed during the presidential election this fall, though without additional days of early voting.
The couple recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
Louisiana’s State Health Officer Dr. Jimmy Guidry was planning to retire earlier this year but decided to stick around to help out when COVID started breaking out in March.
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Victor “Vic” Stelly, a former Louisiana lawmaker who served 16 years in the state House and later as a member of Louisiana’s higher education policy board, has died. He was 79.
Four-term former governor Edwin W. Edwards is back in the hospital.
After losing the governor’s race by roughly 40,000 votes last year, long-time GOP donor and Baton Rouge businessman Eddie Rispone quickly started looking for his next move in state politics.
Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has been transferred to an intensive care unit at a Shreveport hospital as he continues treatment for COVID-19, according to a statement on his Twitter account.
With half of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council set to turn over in January, new and returning members say they're eager to start fresh and move beyond the partisan bickering and racial divides that have so often consumed the parish's gover…
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has joined another legal effort out of state, filing a brief with 15 other states supporting the National Rifle Association in a legal battle with the state of New York.
Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder has tapped Rep. John Stefanski to chair the powerful House and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees redistricting that will take place next year.