On the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week, Kaitlyn Joshua, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was one of three women who walked onto the main stage at the ...

As the world celebrates Women's History Month, the Louisiana Legislature largely remains a boys club with fewer than one in five of seats held by women. Twenty-eight of the Louisiana Legislature's ...

Jeff Landry, a hard-line Republican, celebrated on Oct. 14 when he was elected governor of Louisiana. Mr. Landry avoided a runoff by winning a majority of the vote in an open primary.