Congressman Steve Scalise said Tuesday he’s pushing Louisiana lawmakers to change the timing of federal elections to end the state’s unique practice of holding primaries in November, which he says puts new members reelected in December runoffs at …
The election technology firm President Donald Trump alleged – without evidence – had deleted 2.7 million votes leased the tablets Louisiana used for early voting and came close to winning the contract to replace all the state’s elderly voting machines.
The state Board of Ethics Board has charged three more members of a Baton Rouge-area groundwater commission with conflict-of-interest violations over their service on the state regulatory panel.
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Thirty years ago last month, Louisiana entered the modern gambling era when voters approved a lottery as a way to offset the fallout from the Oil Bust that devastated the state’s oil and gas industry and the government’s finances.
On the phone last week, she sounded like a typical grandmother — full of sage of advice and unqualified love — until she suggested seppuku for everyone who said Joe Biden is now president-elect. They’re all communists who stole the election from P…
The LSU committee looking for a new leader for LSU’s universities, two-year college, agriculture center and medical schools on Friday chose a headhunting firm out of Atlanta to find candidates for the top job.
Louisiana officials issued dire warnings Friday after seeing the largest increase in coronavirus cases on record, as the unprecedented nationwide surge in the virus threatens to hammer the state.
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus restrictions have elicited plenty of backlash from conservative lawmakers and residents who are sick of the rules, including some who have loudly proclaimed the orders are unconstitutional.
A group of faith and community-based activists alleged Thursday that Marathon Petroleum Company LP improperly changed an application to get a better deal on tax breaks worth $43 million.
Judge William Morvant was dressed in a typical judge’s robe Thursday, seated between an American and Louisiana flag in a 19th Judicial District Courtroom, ready to take up a pivotal case between Gov. John Bel Edwards and Attorney General Jeff Land…
A Baton Rouge judge on Thursday ruled a law used by House Republican lawmakers to order the governor to revoke his coronavirus restrictions is unconstitutional, dealing a blow to conservatives who have sought for months to loosen the rules.
The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus demanded a public apology Wednesday from an insurance executive who used slang to refer to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as a prostitute in a social media post.
Louisiana’s Democratic governor and Republican attorney general are set to face off in a high-stakes court battle Thursday to decide whether the state’s coronavirus restrictions – including a statewide mask mandate and social distancing requiremen…
The politically powerful nursing home industry, which pockets about $1.2 billion annually, is seeking a minor change to one of Louisiana’s complex regulations in order to score $5 million to $6 million more out of the state budget.
A coalition of contractors and others said Wednesday they plan to push a $300 million per year gas tax hike in 2021 after an earlier effort died without a vote in the state House or Senate.
The Republican Attorneys General Association, chaired by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a legal challenge of a ruling by Pennsylvania’s high court that allowed the counting of presidential ma…
For the past decade or so, Louisiana voters have increasingly skipped the election-day fanfare and instead cast their ballots in the weeklong early voting period, or by mail.
While nearly two out of three Louisiana voters backed sports betting on Election Day, the money raised for state services will likely be well short of a jackpot.
Less than a month after Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards and Republican Attorney General Jeff Landy took their oaths of office in January 2016, they were quarreling over an issue on which they both fundamentally agreed.
As Donald Trump became the first president to lose re-election since 1992, not everyone in Louisiana was ready to accept the outcome.
As Sharon Weston Broome and Steve Carter prepare for a Dec. 5 runoff in the race for East Baton Rouge Parish mayor-president, their campaigns are asking: Where did they succeed, and where is there room for improvement?
Gov. John Bel Edwards approved of the vast majority of pet projects lawmakers added to a state budget bill last month, issuing only a handful of line-item vetoes that strip out about $700,000 of the more than $20 million in projects.
Louisiana's current coronavirus restrictions are set to expire on Friday.
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta pulled down more votes Tuesday night than he did to win reelection in 2014. But the two-time Republican incumbent finds himself facing a rookie Democratic candidate in the Dec. 5 runoff.
A Baton Rouge judge has denied a request by Attorney General Jeff Landry to block Gov. John Bel Edwards from issuing new coronavirus restrictions until he complies with a petition filed by House Republicans to cancel all virus rules, as both sides…
Louisiana lawmakers earlier this year voted overwhelmingly to ask voters to add a new tax break to the state constitution that would allow manufacturers to negotiate lower tax bills with local governments.
Voters in 55 of 64 parishes Tuesday approved sports betting, setting up a major battle in the Louisiana Legislature on exactly what form the wagering will take.
Sharon Weston Broome came just shy of an outright victory Tuesday with 48% of the vote and is now headed to a Dec. 5 runoff against former state Rep. Steve Carter, who captured 20% of the vote and nudged out several other Republicans.
Baton Rouge and Livingston Parish voters renewed separate taxes that generate funding for crucial public works initiatives in Livingston Parish and in development in downtown Baton Rouge.
Kanye West was always a long shot candidate for the U.S. presidency, and a long shot candidate he remained Tuesday, where in Louisiana he couldn't even scrape past 1% of the vote.
Sharon Weston Broome fell just short of winning reelection as East Baton Rouge mayor-president on Tuesday and instead will face former state Rep. Steve Carter in a runoff Dec. 5.
President Donald Trump easily won Louisiana’s eight electoral votes Tuesday in an election where voters turned out in big numbers across the state, during a public health and economic crisis, to elect the next president, U.S. Senator, six members …
East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome is heading to a Dec. 5 runoff against former state Rep. Steve Carter.
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Republican U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, of Baton Rouge was re-elected to his fourth term Tuesday night, according to The Associated Press.
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Republican U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, of Baton Rouge was re-elected to his fourth term Tuesday night, according to The Associated Press.
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President Donald Trump has won Louisiana, Nebraska, Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, while Democrat Joe Biden has won New Mexico and New York.
After more than three decades, voters in St. Francisville selected a new mayor after longtime mayor Billy D’Aquilla announced his plans to retire from the town’s top administrative role.
In a rematch of their August runoff decided by a razor-thin 27-vote margin, 19th Judicial District Judge Tiffany Foxworth defeated longtime Baton Rouge City Court Judge Yvette Alexander once again Tuesday — this time by more than 7,000 votes and f…
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