Despite the efforts of state and federal authorities, homelessness keeps getting worse, especially in the West and the ...

Opioids accounted for 86 percent of all drug overdose deaths in the state with the highest overdose mortality rate.

That’s the burning question now in Louisiana politics. Within the next 60 or so days, the U.S. representative has to choose ...

Many people in the United States receive little or no information about flood risk when they move into a new home or ...

CNBC has released a ranking of the U.S. states with the worst quality of life, and Louisiana was listed. Find out why here.

Correspondent Lee Cowan reports on a moment in American history that changed our nation like no other before or since.

There’s growing concern for another significant rain and flooding event this week, this time along the Gulf Coast, from what ...

The Roberts Court has asked for reargument in a key redistricting case, a move that strongly suggests the conservative ...

The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, help us quantify its political trajectory.— Much of the Heartland and Midwest has come to lean more to the GOP over the past two decades, though the ...

Crockett said Republicans, backed by Trump, are "blatantly" trying to "dilute minority voices" with the redrawing of its ...

Next month marks the 60 th anniversary of the passing of the Voting Rights Act—a law often celebrated as the “crown jewel” of ...

President Donald Trump is pushing Republicans in Texas to redraw the state's congressional maps to help ensure the party keeps its majority in the U.S. House in next year's midterm elections.