Republican governors spotlight their plan to 'unleash American energy' and target what they call the Biden Administrationβs 'unprecedented attacks on American energy,' as they gather in New Orleans
Elijah Hogan graduated from Walter L. Cohen charter high school in New Orleans as one of two valedictorians after living in a homeless shelter for youth for more than a year.
Louisiana state lawmakers on Monday approved a tough new law that could allow judges to order convicted child molesters to undergo surgical castration.
The Louisiana Supreme Court reversed a decision by a district court judge in the case of a 1974 rape conviction, calling it a "patent abuse of discretion."
The editorial pages of the USA Today Network has a history of unethical decisions from quietly deleting Sen. John Kennedy's op-ed to allowing Stacey Abrams to retroactively edit hers.
Denka Performance Elastomer, a chemical plant in Louisiana, threatened to shut down if the Biden administration does not give it more time to reduce its emissions under new EPA rules.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed legislation making it a crime to knowingly approach within 25 feet of a police officer while they are "engaged in law enforcement duties" after the officer has ordered the person to stay back.
Louisiana's new illegal immigration law, which could soon be signed by the governor, takes the state a step closer to a legal battle with the Biden administration.
A Louisiana boater sailing in Vermilion Parish was stranded for two days, local officials say. The U.S. Coast Guard and various sheriff's offices facilitated the rescue.
Louisiana could become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed on a poster in all schools and colleges that receive public funding.
Mayor-President Monique Boulet of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, named Capt. Paul Trouard as the jurisdiction's interim chief of police, according to The Advocate.
Escaped Louisiana inmates Avery Guidry and Travon Johnson have been captured after being spotted in a dumpster behind a Dollar General store in Hammond.
Deputies in Louisiana are searching for four inmates who escaped from jail Sunday night through a vulnerable section of the perimeter fence of the jail.
Several Louisiana-based newspapers within the USA Today Network removed a published op-ed about transgender athletes written by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La.
Louisiana lawmakers approved a bill that would reclassify abortion-inducing drugs mifepristone and misoprostol as 'controlled and dangerous substances;' the bill is expected to be signed into law.
Prive Overseas Marine LLC and Prive Shipping Denizcilik Ticaret have agreed to pay $2 million in penalties after pleading guilty to oil dumping-related federal charges.
Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed an emergency declaration after severe storms left three people dead and nearly 160,000 without power last week.
Louisiana House of Representatives passes bill criminalizing abortion coercion by fraud and illegal possession of abortion drugs, sparking controversy.
The U.S. Attorney's Office charged six men with conspiracy to commit visa fraud after staging a series of fake robberies across Chicago and its suburbs.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked some enforcement of a new Biden administration rule that would force more gun sellers to run background checks.
Two Louisiana sisters say medium Carolyn Clapper found their mother, Theresa Jones, in a creek behind her Union Parish home after she vanished on February 2, 2023.
A string of storms across several southern states have killed two people in Louisiana and one person in Mississippi; this comes after one of the most 'active periods for twisters on record.'
Louisiana Republicans are pushing to add abortion pills to a list of controlled substances, creating penalties for some people who may obtain the pills.