The map favors the re-election of a Democrat in District 2, which is currently occupied by Congressman Troy Carter.

Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a Republican-backed map that would drop Louisiana to just one congressional district that favors Democrats.

All East Baton Rouge city-parish employees are set to receive a raise soon, after the Metro Council approved a plan in a 10-1 vote Wednesday.

Republicans prevailed in a 4-3 party-line vote to approve Senate Bill 121, which keeps a single majority-Black district that stretches from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.

The state’s official revenue forecast was lowered by more than $200 million across the next two budget years.

The Baltimore-based organization partnered with the budding hip-hop star to bring its social-emotional learning curriculum to a New Orleans high school.

The party breakdown for early voting is 44% Democratic, 41% Republican, and 15% no party.

Voters across Louisiana will decide this month whether to let the new City of St. George form its own school district.

A full day of public testimony took place Friday, marred by several disruptions over new congressional maps during the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee meeting.

The petition must collect 500,000 signatures from Louisiana's 2.5 million active registered voters in the next 180 days.

WWNO’s Michael McEwen spoke with Samantha Pourciau,  a senior staff attorney at the Promise of Justice Initiative, about the case.

After hearing emotional testimony from the sibling of a child sexual abuse victim, the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee advanced legislation to make non-disclosure agreements involving child sexual abuse unenforceable.