The Louisiana Legislature has declined to reconvene for a veto override session this year. The majority of lawmakers – 87 ...

Sandifer, a US Army veteran, was airlifted to a hospital and lost part of his left leg to an above-knee amputation from ...

At issue is the Louisiana legislature's creation of a Black-majority congressional district, which a group of voters claimed ...

Gov. Jeff Landry and the Legislature have changed how the Louisiana Board of Ethics operates, adding new rules to how it ...

In 2016, as he addressed the Louisiana Legislature for his first time as governor, Gov. John Bel Edwards called on politicians to put aside partisan fights and fix Louisiana's financial ...

B ATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Legislature has passed a slew of bills to restructure the state’s tax system. The key changes are cuts to the individual and corporate income tax, ...

A federal appeals court says the Louisiana legislature should get one last chance to revise its congressional district map before a constitutional challenge to the current plan moves forward. A ...

Of the 144 seats in the Louisiana Legislature, Democrats hold 47, and even fewer of those members espouse “progressive” ideas. At the federal level, progressives like U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders ...

LEILA FADEL, HOST: As in many states, people in Louisiana are worried about rising crime. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Yeah. And the state legislature opened a special session this week to consider dozens ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana's Legislature opens its 2022 regular session Monday with a welcome dilemma: how best to spend an influx of money the likes of which the state hasn't seen in years ...

Story at a glance The Louisiana legislature on Monday sent another transgender athlete ban to the governor’s desk. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards has not yet indicated whether he will veto the ...