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It was Saturday afternoon, less than 48 hours before the Louisiana House would vote for speaker, and the two top candidates for the job were sitting across from each other in a conference room at the Beer Industry League building on the outskirts …
Multibillion-dollar Medicaid contracts awarded by Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration have been scrapped by Louisiana's chief procurement officer, who determined the health department mishandled the bid process for deals to provide health servic…
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WASHINGTON — The LSU Tigers continued celebrating their national championship win with a ceremony at the White House with President Donald Trump on Friday punctuated with several joking moments, a recounting of the team's defeat over Clemson and l…
WASHINGTON — Just days after winning the college football national championship, the LSU Tigers are heading to the nation's capital to continue the celebration.
Republicans will chair 12 committees and regain control of key committees on taxes and spending, as part of the new assignments released Friday by Senate President Page Cortez.
WASHINGTON — Louisiana's two U.S. senators have started off the New Year with approval ratings hovering around 50%, according to a new poll out Thursday.
Louisiana endorsed a $14 billion merger that would transfer control of Harrah’s land-based facility in New Orleans, but not before regulators on Thursday criticized the new owner’s neglect of a Baton Rouge property it already owns.
WASHINGTON — More than a year after the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement was hashed out, a final version is on its way to President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON — Amid the divisiveness that has gripped Washington during impeachment talks, Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress united Wednesday to honor Saints star and ALS advocate Steve Gleason.
WASHINGTON — The LSU Tigers are heading to the White House.
Louisiana personal income taxpayers can start filing their 2019 state tax returns on Jan. 27, the same day the IRS begins accepting federal income tax filings.
WASHINGTON — Former Saints star and ALS advocate Steve Gleason is set to receive the highest civilian honor awarded by Congress during a ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the U.S. Capitol.
Bruce Prejean, the Assumption Parish sheriff's chief deputy, admitted to investigators that he had an intimate relationship with Judge Jessie LeBlanc, contradicting a claim he made last month that their long-standing friendship had always remained…
A day after a faction of Louisiana House Republicans united with Democrats to elect state Rep. Clay Schexnayder as House speaker, the majority leader of the House GOP delegation said he is concerned the new leader could be beholden to the state’s …
Motorists face likely delays on westbound Interstate 10 across the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge for the next two weekends because of repairs from damage caused by accidents last year.
After a 19-gun salute in a misting rain Monday, John Bel Edwards took the oath a second time as Louisiana governor and urged a rejection of Washington-style partisanship.
Sen. Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, was elected Senate president Monday morning by his colleagues.
A divided Louisiana House on Monday installed Gonzales Republican Clay Schexnayder as speaker, capping a months-long, contentious battle for the post and delivering a blow to conservative leaders who sought to put state Rep. Sherman Mack in the position.
A few hours before the LSU football team faces Clemson in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome for the national championship Monday night, some of Louisiana’s most powerful elected officials will be sworn into office, including Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Dem…
Upon being sworn in Monday, John Bel Edwards will continue to be the stubborn blue stain on an otherwise ruby red political carpet that stretches 1,700 miles from Charleston, South Carolina, to El Paso, Texas.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Most college students spend their winter vacations enjoying a reprieve from classes and work.
When custody, divorce and child support cases bogged down the courts in Livingston, St. Helena and Tangipahoa parishes, a legislator for the area, state Rep. Sherman Mack, came through with a fix.
A longtime Baton Rouge City Court judge, the daughter of a 19th Judicial District Court judge and two other local lawyers qualified this week to run for an open 19th JDC seat.
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DONALDSONVILLE — Two long-standing Ascension Parish incumbents who avoided the major electoral housecleaning that pushed out many of their colleagues this fall managed Thursday to hang on to powerful leadership posts on the Parish Council even as …
The number of people who signed up for health coverage through Louisiana’s individual exchange fell to its lowest point on record for the second straight year in 2020, amid a double-digit rate hike and a Republican-backed lawsuit seeking to throw …
Louisiana is getting a new round of money for a container-on-barge system that allows the state’s ports to increase traffic without putting more 18-wheelers on congested roads.
WASHINGTON — Louisiana's crucial coastal restoration projects and infrastructure priorities such as roads and bridges could be fast tracked under a plan President Donald Trump outlined Thursday.
Today in The Rundown: Happy New Year and welcome back to your weekly guide to Louisiana politics news! In today's edition: Inauguration is less than a week away; top state executives announce new plans for the new year; Trump plans to attend game…
Elections for Louisiana Republicans' governing body are on hold as the party objects to a 1980s-era law that would have it dramatically rework its central committee districts and force some current members to run against one another.
WASHINGTON — Louisiana Republicans in Congress are sticking by President Donald Trump amid escalating tensions with Iran, following classified briefings for the U.S. House and Senate on Wednesday.
GONZALES — Promising a "new beginning" and the most transparent administration in Ascension Parish's history, Parish President Clint Cointment said Monday he is "ready to get to work" and start delivering on his campaign promise to tackle the pari…
GONZALES — Promising a "new beginning" and the most transparent administration in Ascension Parish's history, Parish President Clint Cointment said Monday he is "ready to get to work" and start delivering on his campaign promise to tackle the pari…
Louisiana's health chief is resigning at the end of the month.
WASHINGTON — Louisiana is set to play a major role in the abortion debate when the U.S. Supreme Court takes up challenges to a 2014 state law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital.
Last month, state Rep. Sherman Mack became the official House GOP-endorsed candidate for speaker, but the race has only heated up since then, with the two top candidates, both Republicans, ratcheting up the behind-closed-door campaigning for the job.
Moments after his sweeping “tort reform” legislation was spiked by a state Senate committee back in May, Rep. Kirk Talbot smiled and predicted that his bill would become a centerpiece of the fall campaigns and of the upcoming legislative session.
Update: President Donald Trump will attend College Football Playoff championship game in New Orleans
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to attend the College Football Playoff championship game in New Orleans on Jan. 13, according to a source familiar with preparations underway but not authorized to discuss them publicly.
Motorists on eastbound Interstate 10 at Highland Road will notice a change in traffic patterns, possibly starting Sunday, as part of the I-10 expansion between Highland and La. 73 in suburban Ascension Parish.
WASHINGTON — Former NFL Saints star and ALS advocate Steve Gleason will receive the Congressional Gold Medal during a Jan. 15 ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.
WASHINGTON — The year 2020 is already shaping up to be a big one politically, with a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case, Congressional races, a presidential and U.S. Senate race and a brand new State Legislature to be sworn in.
John Bel Edwards may have been considered the "accidental governor" when he was elected in 2015, but about $73 million was spent on his reelection – or to get rid of him – making the 2019 race the most expensive in state history.
District Attorney Ricky Babin has told about 20 Assumption Parish criminal defendants that the judge overseeing their cases has disclosed a “personal relationship” with a top deputy in the parish Sheriff’s Office — and that disclosure could benefi…
President Donald Trump called LSU coach on Monday to discuss LSU's historic season, according to story first reported by Sports Illustrated on Monday and confirmed by The Advocate.
Thirty or so budget architects at the state Office of Planning & Budget spent the year tracking actual spending by government departments. In November and December they made budgetary lists and checked them twice.
More than 6,000 Louisianans still owe nearly $2 million in accidentally issued tax refunds and some residents may be getting billed by the Louisiana Department of Revenue.
After an election season in which conservative Republicans made Louisiana's high car insurance rates a campaign issue, GOP lawmakers expect efforts to try to limit damages awarded in car wreck lawsuits to be front and center in the 2020 legislativ…
WASHINGTON — Louisiana's lone Democrat in Congress is backing federal legislation that would ban discrimination against hair textures and hairstyles, such as braids, dreadlocks and Afros. The effort follows several incidents that prompted national…
After state lawmakers passed historic criminal justice reforms in 2017, Gov. John Bel Edwards was quick to celebrate another achievement that came months later when Louisiana shed the undesirable designation as America's prison capital, ceding tha…
Republican leadership and the Democratic governor have squared off over the holidays about property that remains unclaimed.