Amendment 2, a proposed change to the state constitution that would require unanimous verdicts before the government takes away your freedom, has won support across the political spectrum. Even Louisiana’s Democrat and Republican parties are backi…

At a time when social divisions loom large across America, another Halloween has arrived to remind us that connecting with strangers — and treating them generously — can be an exercise in possibility rather than peril.

As in the case of a South Carolina church in 2015, murderous shooting rampages in a place of worship, this time in a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, continue to have the capacity to shock.

Perhaps it seems as if Louisiana is a bystander in the coming national election, where there are many other states and congressional districts fraught with inter-party competition than in our corner of the political world.

The constitutional amendments that make their way to Louisiana voters don’t usually create much political drama. For the most part, proposed changes to the state’s constitution are dull provisions dealing with the fine print of tax policy and loca…

We suspect that most Louisiana residents think highly of the U.S. Coast Guard, which is best known in this part of the world for efficiently plucking flood victims from rooftops. That kind of heroism has earned the Coast Guard a reputation for act…

The grisly case of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi underscores the importance of America’s energy independence, a national priority in which Louisiana obviously has a central role.

The people of Louisiana know firsthand about the consequences of violence against political leaders. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, a Jefferson Parish Republican, is still recovering from wounds he sustained when a gunman attacked GOP members …

Across the country in recent months, public school employees have been protesting for better pay, often getting results. Something similar seemed in the works this week when East Baton Rouge Parish public school employees announced plans for an Oc…

If we can fault the new administration in Washington on aspects of trade policy, the good news is that exporting of energy is something that President Donald Trump supports, and it is a policy that is good for Louisiana as well as the nation.

When it comes to big money, the state’s coastal restoration effort is formidable. But even with billions of dollars coming in over the next 14 years, Louisiana is far from dealing with the kind of coastal erosion problem that has built up over decades.

Louisiana’s voters are reliably conservative, so when they learn that the Koch brothers are supporting a proposition, they’re inclined to vote yes. In more liberal parishes, like Orleans, voters might look to George Soros.

Thousands going to live in motels, more thousands on the phone or the computer for hours to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

On the Nov. 6 ballot, Louisiana voters statewide will see a proposition authorizing regulation — and thus, taxation — of the Internet-based fantasy leagues that have become so popular with sports fans.

In Louisiana, where we desperately need and want our students’ scores to go up, the newest results from the ACT college readiness test reflect some challenges but also some successes in education for our state.

In the same week that New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced her new violence reduction strategy, The Advocate published another story about efforts to boost access to child care in the city.

Voters in Livingston Parish will weigh in on a couple of important items on the Nov. 6 ballot. Here is our position on the proposals.

Once again, Louisiana voters are being asked to approve changes to the state’s constitution.

When voters go to the polls in November, six constitutional amendments will be on ballots in Louisiana.

While he would come to the job from private practice, as a partner in the New Orleans-based firm Jones Walker, Donald Washington of Lafayette has amply merited his nomination by President Donald Trump as head of the U.S. Marshals Service.

Sending a student off to college is at once the wisest investment a family can make but it is also an expensive one, particularly in Louisiana, where average incomes are low and college tuition has skyrocketed over the past decade.

In today's politically divided nation, it's good to see that Republicans and Democrats can still respond to what many ordinary consumers see as an abuse: "gag clauses" in contracts for pharmacies.

Among the bad lists, one stands out for Louisiana's future: higher costs for college educations for tomorrow's workers and leaders.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell built her political career by being a disruptor, and she won election with 60 percent of the vote, so clearly that’s a quality her constituents wanted in their new leader. Her disruptive side was on display recent…

When Rachel Carson warned about the dangers of DDT in a book called “Silent Spring” in 1962, industry leaders dismissed her worries about the popular pesticide as alarmist and unsubstantiated.

When the people of Louisiana witness nail-biters on autumn weekends, they usually involve hard-fought contests on the gridiron.

President Donald Trump's strength in business was branding, and it's a truism that shrewd labeling can stretch to cover deficiencies in the product itself.

After a tough legislative battle, Louisiana members of Congress have delivered a vital patch to a federal regulation that hurt families flooded out by violent storms around the state in 2016.

With apologies to lily pads, the U.S. Supreme Court may or may not be a happy landing place for the dusky gopher frog.

Gov. John Bel Edwards has returned from a brief trip to California with the news that the folks in Hollywood like us — they really like us — and might be willing to shoot more movies in the state.

Louisiana’s U.S. Sen. John Kennedy has done the right thing in calling for the public release of the results of an FBI investigation of sexual assault allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Kennedy is bucking both his fell…