Human trafficking is the exploitation of people through force, fraud or coercion for the purposes of sex or labor.

For the second year in a row, legislators pushed back on State Public Defender Rémy Starns’ efforts to gain total authority ...

The House Ways and Means Committee advanced legislation that would give parishes the option to increase the homestead ...

Louisiana legislators are advancing legislation to move the University of New Orleans back into the LSU System.

Eight states have passed laws since 2022, when Roe v. Wade was overturned, to protect doctors who mail abortion pills out of ...

Parents of children with disabilities fear proposed Medicaid cuts and those already underway will have a disastrous impact.

Louisiana lawmakers are asking Congress to restore federal funding that allows schools and food banks to purchase locally ...

Louisiana’s wetlands are a hot political topic right now, thanks to Governor Jeff Landry putting the breaks on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. Debate over that decision has probably overshadowed ...

Louisiana Legislators are advancing a proposal with the goal of keeping tenured professors and critical employees from ...

Louisiana lawmakers are quickly moving legislation that would dramatically expand the types of gifts elected officials and ...

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development – with an $19 billion backlog of highway projects – is in the ...