The sheriff who oversees the New Orleans jail where 10 men escaped last week says defective locks were a key factor in the jailbreak

A new report raises "red flags" over the state's former agreement with an oil well-plugging company and a loan it made to the Louisiana official who helped oversee it.

This comes after 10 inmates escaped the Orleans Parish Jail on Friday. Seven of those inmates remain on the lam.

Louisiana's McNeese State University will be site of the federal government's new national center for liquefied natural gas safety, U.S. officials announced Monday.

In Louisiana, 14% of the state's hospitals sustained a grade "A" for safety since at least spring of 2023. See the national data.

House Bill 675, by Rep. Brian Glorioso, R-Pearl River, would limit when and how incarcerated people can appeal convictions.

The marshy interior of southern Louisiana is home to a cuisine, language and sound all its own. Today, Cajun and Zydeco music, often sung in French, is enjoying a renaissance.

William F. Tate IV, who has led Louisiana State since 2021, was unanimously selected by Rutgers' board of governors at a meeting Monday.

Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams said OPSO mishandled evidence and that the state was responsible for some inmate delays.