A little-known turtle found only in Louisiana and Mississippi now has a slow but steady proposed plan from the federal ...

Orleans judges who testified at the legislature described the lengthy dockets they face every weekday and the long hours they spend on the bench.

A resolution urging the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to incorporate content standards that include prenatal development into statewide school curriculum is scheduled for debate ...

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A Louisiana legislative committee blocked a bill Wednesday that would have established a state Voting Rights Act.

Legislation to reform the state plumbing board and reduce the time it takes to become a fully licensed plumber cleared a ...

The fight is back on over regulation of menhaden fishing off the Louisiana coast, with the state legislature entering the ...

House lawmakers approved a bill to submit every voter's personal information to the federal government for further scrutiny.

Louisiana's first LNG terminal quickly became one of the state's largest sources of climate-warming pollution. An even larger ...

Thousands of people in Louisiana could earn the right to sue others over social media and website posts containing their ...

If you are using the N-word in regular conversation so casually, then it is part of your vocabulary. In a public safety setting, that tells me as a citizen that I must be on guard with everything you ...