The Louisiana Senate Health and Welfare Committee advanced legislation this week aimed at closing gaps in child abuse investigations at early learning centers.

A court hearing in Baton Rouge provided a rare window into working conditions on Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line," which prisoners are challenging.

The bills, proposed during President Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants nationwide, would force public institutions to track the immigration status of people using their services.

Gov. Jeff Landry is backing a law change that would allow the director he appointed to the Louisiana Racing Commission to continue owning racehorses, even though he oversees their licensing as part of his government job.

Before entering the gates of the Fair Grounds, festivalgoers were welcomed by ambitious entrepreneurs. These street vendors have been a fixture outside the Jazz Fest for decades.

Lawmakers are suspicious of contractors who go "door to door" to find customers after storms.

Amtrak’s new route, the Mardi Gras Service, is launching in New Orleans this summer, bringing train travel back to the scenic Gulf Coast for the first time in nearly 20 years.

LSU Provost Roy Haggerty, the highest ranking academic administrator on campus, will be leaving the university.

This year, Louisiana state legislators could consider bills that could bring tighter regulation and enforcement to the state’s short-term rental industry.

Several bills aimed at making the insurance industry more transparent advanced in committees Wednesday.

Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing for dramatic changes to the Louisiana Board of Ethics’ investigation process that was used to charge him in 2023 with breaking the state ethics code.

Only a few candidates have thrown their hat into the ring. Why is there so little interest in running?