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Legislators stripped the parts of a bill that could have sent women to prison for terminating a pregnancy or taking the wrong birth control, then set aside the anti-abortion measure without a vote.
For the second time in less than a week the Louisiana House rejected a bill that would ban spanking, paddling and other forms of corporal punishment in public schools.
Louisiana’s anti-abortion leaders worked behind the scenes on Wednesday to resolve an uncomfortable political tangle, just weeks before they expect to win the war they’ve been fighting for nearly 50 years – to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade deci…
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Come August, most high schoolers in Louisiana will have to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or submit a written exemption to attend school, after an effort among lawmakers to reverse the rule by Gov. John Bel Edwards fell apart Wednesday.
Gov. John Bel Edwards noted Wednesday he has consistently supported anti-abortion legislation, but said he opposes a controversial bill that would authorization prosecuting women who terminate their pregnancies.
A state Senate-passed bill aimed at paving the way for cameras in the classrooms of Louisiana's most affected special education students neared final approval Wednesday when it was endorsed by the House Education Committee.
Kevin Reeves, who led Louisiana State Police at the time of the brutal beating and death of Ronald Greene in police custody and in that episode's troubled aftermath, may soon be held in contempt by the Louisiana House, which will consider hitting …
Flanked by dozens of local mayors, school board members and sheriffs who gathered on the steps of the State Capitol on a blistering Tuesday afternoon, state Sen. Rogers Pope stepped to a podium and exhorted his colleagues to vote with the army of …
The Louisiana House voted Tuesday to revive a proposal killed in committee that would ban public school teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity in classrooms.
The state’s foremost anti-abortion organizations say they can’t support legislation that could lead to prosecuting women who terminate their pregnancies, at least as it is currently written.
For months, Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser has argued to just about anyone who will listen that the signature project in Louisiana’s ambitious plan to restore its coast -- a massive, novel sediment diversion aimed at rebuilding wetlands -- is a “fraud.”
A challenge to Louisiana's newly drawn congressional maps opened Monday in federal court, with a coalition of civil rights groups hoping judges will eventually do what legislators wouldn't: create a second majority-Black district.
Already flush with cash, lawmakers in Louisiana will have an extra $454 million to spend as they see fit in the upcoming budget year, after the state’s income forecasting panel met Monday.
A temporary state sales tax would disappear gradually rather than all at once in three years, under legislation approved by the House on Monday.
A bill to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles, which almost made it through the entire process last year, was defeated coming out of the gate on Monday.
Baton Rouge attorney Jordan Faircloth conceded the special election for a spot the 19th Judicial District Court bench on Monday, declining to ask a judge to review 146 rejected votes that were not counted during Thursday's recount.
When her property insurance company went insolvent in November, Rita Whittaker figured her path to recovery had reached a dead end.
Almost a decade had passed when Lake Charles Republican Rep. Brett Geymann recently approached the podium in the Louisiana House to add dense financialese on page 12 in the preamble of the state operating budget. The House agreed.
John Alario was known as “Representative,” “Mr. Speaker” and “Mr. President” during the 48 years he served in the Louisiana Legislature.
Both of Louisiana’s Republican senators, Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy, reiterated their pro-Life bona fides following the leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would overturn the landmark Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise always enjoys returning to the State Capitol, as he did on Thursday.
Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives looked good while practicing for the annual basketball game against the Senate played for charity and bragging rights.
President Joe Biden nominated former Opelousas senator Donald R. Cravins Jr. for Under Secretary for Minority Business Development at the U.S. Department of Commerce.
In much of Louisiana, being pro-life is not just a widely held political position. For tens of thousands of residents, it is a personal crusade they have built their lives around.
The commander of Louisiana State Police appeared to realize quickly that Ronald Greene’s death at the hands of state troopers was problematic, new journal entries he provided to a select legislative committee show.
After defeating a similar measure last year, the Louisiana House on Thursday voted down a proposal that would ban corporal punishment in public schools.
The roughly 1,500 inmates still behind bars, convicted by a nonunanimous jury, which has been found unconstitutional, will have the opportunity to possibly be freed under legislation advanced Thursday by a Louisiana House committee.
Election officials reaffirmed former federal prosecutor Brad Myers as the winner of a special election for a spot on the 19th Judicial District Court bench Thursday, finding in a recount that he defeated lawyer Jordan Faircloth by two votes.
Two days after the leak of a U.S Supreme Court draft opinion on access to abortions, a Louisiana House committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would allow women who terminate their pregnancies to be charged with murder.
If a policyholder feels like they're getting shortchanged by their property insurer, one option is to hire a public adjuster to conduct an independent damage assessment to determine whether the insurers' estimates are accurate.
Louisiana lawmakers on Wednesday killed a proposal to break up the duopoly of medical marijuana producers, likely dooming for this year the effort to expand the insular licensing structure for growers.
The controversial push to redraw the boundaries of the Central school system suffered a major blow Wednesday when the sponsor of the proposal opted to temporarily shelve it amid heavy criticism.
The Louisiana House Education Committee advanced on Wednesday Senate-passed legislation that would ban transgender youth from participating in competitive sports with athletes not of their same gender at birth.
The Louisiana House Committee on Education advanced a bill Tuesday that would require behavioral assessments before students could be expelled, placed in an alternative school or suspended.
A bid to ban hand-held cell phones while driving failed Tuesday in the Louisiana House.
When he heard the news, state Rep. Larry Bagley said Tuesday he already was weighing whether to proceed with his bill that would forbid doctors from terminating pregnancies if any heartbeat was heard from the fetus.
A bill that would ban public school teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity in classrooms was rejected Tuesday by the House Education Committee.
With no debate, the Louisiana House voted 62-20 Monday to eliminate Huey Long’s birthday from Louisiana’s list of legal holidays, along with Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day.
In 2018, state legislators overcame deep-seated opposition to taxes by taking a tough vote to approve a temporary sales tax increase of .45 of a penny – slightly less than half a cent.
Some retired teachers would be allowed to return to work for double the current rate under a bill that won House approval Monday 96-0.
Ex-LSU baseball player Jordan Faircloth, a lawyer who finished first in the primary election for a spot on the 19th Judicial District Court bench, has asked East Baton Rouge Parish voting officials to conduct a recount after losing by just two vot…
Former federal prosecutor Brad Myers defeated ex-LSU baseball player Jordan Faircloth by a mere two votes in Saturday's runoff to earn a seat on the 19th Judicial District Court.
“Time is running out” on America’s democracy that socialists are working tooth and nail to destroy, at least so claims a fundraising appeal emailed last week by incumbent U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, a Republican who has represented Lafayette, Lake Cha…
A court ordered an insurer to pay a penalty for slow-walking a policyholder. Are there more to come?
In March, a Lake Charles business owner was awarded $1.7 million after a jury determined his insurance company unreasonably withheld payments on his claim following Hurricane Laura.
Debate over a bill that would have allowed doctors to test mothers for illegal drugs during childbirth has brought much-needed attention to a problem that is quietly a leading cause of pregnancy-associated deaths, lawmakers and advocates say.
Legalizing marijuana continues to play a central role in the campaign of Gary Chambers Jr., a Democrat challenging U.S. Sen. John Kennedy’s re-election bid.
During his decade in Congress, Cedric Richmond often supported the petrochemical companies that line the Mississippi River in his district.
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy will be the “very special guest” at a Capitol Hill fundraiser on Tuesday for a challenger to U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right Republican from Georgia.
Gretna Rep. Joseph A. Marino was tapped Friday to chair the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice, according to a letter by House Speaker Clay Schexnayder.
Louisiana Sen. Bodi White said investigators working for former Attorney General Buddy Caldwell showed him examples of child pornography in 2009 to persuade him to back legislation that would boost funding for the agency’s cyber crimes unit.
Advocates hope that a bill winding through the Legislature will improve the skills of teachers for students with dyslexia amid questions on just how many children are grappling with the condition.