LAKE CHARLES, La. - President Joe Biden will push the case for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan in the reliably Republican state of Louisiana — directly challenging GOP lawmakers who say that low taxes for corporations and the wealthy will fuel…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana is offering residents the ability to show digital proof of their coronavirus vaccinations on their cellphones. Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday announced the new feature is available on the LA Wallet mobile app, the…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is asking President Joe Biden, ahead of his Thursday visit to Louisiana, to back disaster aid to help the state with recovery from the 2020 hurricanes. Louisiana's Republican senior senator and Oregon…
NEW YORK (AP) - As much as Bill and Melinda Gates might want to keep their pending divorce private, the split between the billionaire co-founders of the world’s largest private foundation is sure to have very public consequences, with the…
BOSTON (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and six other people who risked their own health and safety to help and protect others during the coronavirus…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers in the state House want New Orleans and four neighboring parishes to come up with a plan to help the state pay off a hefty debt to the federal government for upgrades made to the…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana House lawmakers Monday released their multibillion-dollar spending plans for next year, advancing budget bills that would start earmarking the latest federal coronavirus aid, give teachers a pay raise and spend millions on local pet projects.…
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are rising on Wall Street early Monday, following markets in Europe higher on the back of strong gains by blue chip companies including Mohawk Industries, The Gap and Halliburton. Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway leaped to…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday offered his list of proposals for spending $1.6 billion in new federal coronavirus aid heading to Louisiana, prioritizing the unemployment trust fund and infrastructure projects. The Democratic governor already had…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas can get up to $79 million in BP oil spill restoration money, Mississippi nearly $69 million, and Florida almost $74 million for ecosystem recovery projects and programs approved or extended this week. Nearly $80 million…
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Months after President Joe Biden snubbed Canadian officials by canceling Keystone XL, an impending showdown over a second crude oil pipeline threatens to further strain ties between the two neighbors that were frayed during the…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday partially lifted Louisiana's statewide mask mandate enacted to combat the coronavirus outbreak, limiting the face covering requirement to schools, hospitals, clinics and other specific locations. The Democratic governor’s decision to…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana's population grew enough over the past decade that it won't lose a congressional seat, but that growth still fell well below the increases seen in many other states and across the nation. The latest U.S. census…
GEISMAR, La. (AP) — A Louisiana fertilizer plant says it can treat contaminated and highly acidic wastewater to drinking-water standards, and wants a state permit to discharge treated water into the Mississippi River — the drinking water source for New…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — With two weeks of the legislative session complete, Louisiana's Republican legislative leaders have speeded ahead with a rewrite of the state's tax system, but without a clear consensus yet emerging on the precise approach to take.…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Fewer than two weeks after officials hailed the opening of a federal mass vaccination site in Louisiana's capital city, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday that the location isn't seeing enough traffic from people seeking the…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A bid to expand Louisiana's medical marijuana program to allow patients to smoke cannabis sailed through its first review Thursday, as a once contentious program has become more entrenched as a legitimate medical treatment. The House…
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is the first major U.S. airline to report a profit since the pandemic started, as federal payroll aid helped boost the company to net income of $116 million in the first quarter. Without the federal…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana would make kindergarten mandatory if lawmakers agree to a bill that won support Wednesday from a Senate committee. The proposal from Senate Education Chairman Cleo Fields would require children who turn 5 years old by Sept.…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal agency in charge of offshore oil and gas environmental enforcement doesn’t have a strong inspection program for working pipelines and doesn't adequately make sure companies clean and bury those no longer in use, a…
NEW YORK (AP) - Diners got used to delivery during the pandemic, and the habit may stick long after dining rooms reopen. But restaurants and delivery companies remain uneasy partners, haggling over fees and struggling to make the service profitable…
CUT OFF, La. (AP) — The search for survivors from a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico has closed and attention now turns to comforting the loved ones of the five known dead and eight missing, a grim…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A member of a New Orleans restaurant family is brewing the Japanese rice wine called sake from grain grown at Louisiana State University, the LSU AgCenter says. Brennan family member Lindsay Beard and business partner Nan Wallis…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Debates about Louisiana's free college tuition program known as TOPS are cyclical in the Legislature, cropping up every few years as lawmakers raise concerns about the program's ballooning price tag or notice the disparities in who…
In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard crew members attempt to throw a hammer at the hull of the SeaCor Power. The Seacor Power, an oil industry vessel, flipped over Tuesday, April…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Brass bands playing at a 24-hour drive-thru coronavirus vaccine event. Doses delivered to commercial fishermen minutes from the docks. Pop-up immunization clinics at a Buddhist temple, homeless shelters, truck stops and casinos, with shots available at night…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — More than 1 million people in Louisiana have completed their coronavirus vaccine series, about 22% of the state's population, according to the latest health department data released Thursday. While officials hailed the benchmark, that vaccination rate remains…
PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — As 12 people remained missing from a capsized oil industry vessel, Coast Guard divers waited for a break in stormy weather Thursday that would allow them to reach the hull and search for survivors. Coast…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Republican state lawmakers trying to muscle through a wide-ranging rewrite of Louisiana's tax laws Wednesday ran into the same problem that has bedeviled previous legislative efforts: opposition from special interest groups trying to protect tax breaks…
