BATON ROUGE (AP) — Think you've had enough of elections after last year's U.S. Senate race and this year's governor's race? Buck up, Louisiana voters, you've got another year to go, and the next round of races are looking like…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — When Louisiana voters go to the polls to elect a governor in 2019 they will cast their ballots on iPads — if all goes as planned. Secretary of State Tom Schedler says he'll ask the…
NEW ORLEANS – On Wednesday, December 23, 2015, Mayor Mitch Landrieu and City officials highlighted the major accomplishments of 2015 for the City of New Orleans at a 2015 End-Of-Year press conference at City Hall. They said the City…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The glimmer on Bobby Jindal has faded for most voters as he wraps up his final days as Louisiana's governor. While the governor has been traveling the state to shine up his eight-year legacy, his tenure…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards intends to remove work requirements that Gov. Bobby Jindal has enacted for more than 60,000 food stamp recipients. Edwards sent a letter Monday to the U.S. Department of Agriculture saying he…
NEW ORLEANS – Representatives of the Mayor’s Office, Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office and other local criminal justice agencies have been engaging with community leaders as part of an ongoing strategic planning process for the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge, an…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's next governor asked business leaders in New Orleans to offer advice — especially when they disagree with him — as he prepares to deal with a budget crisis. Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards got a…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A cannon salute and a military flyover will be part of the inaugural ceremony for Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards when he takes office in about three weeks. Edwards' transition office on Friday released the first…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration was sued Friday over work requirements enacted for more than 60,000 food stamp recipients that take effect with the new year. The federal lawsuit was filed in New Orleans by advocacy…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Four organizations whose goals are to protect and preserve New Orleans' historic landscape have filed a federal lawsuit to halt efforts to remove four prominent Confederate monuments. The Louisiana Landmarks Society, Foundation for Historical Louisiana,…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Kenner City Councilman Mike Sigur will serve as the city's acting mayor through June after Mike Yenni leaves his mayoral post and is sworn in as Jefferson Parish president on Jan. 6. The New Orleans…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A $46 million, one-year contract extension for the company that processes bills for services rendered to Louisiana's Medicaid patients was reluctantly approved Thursday by state lawmakers who raised cost concerns. State health department officials said…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana has a new civil service director to lead the human resources agency that oversees hiring and firing practices and pay rates for thousands of state workers. Byron Decoteau Jr., who has been working as…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House and Senate are rushing to send President Barack Obama a massive budget package that would fund the entire government through September 2016 and shower tax breaks on working families, businesses and a wide swath of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to set safety standards for tens of thousands of chemicals that now are unregulated is one step closer to becoming law. The bill — the first update of regulations governing harmful chemicals in nearly…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans City Council has voted in favor of removing prominent Confederate monuments along some of its busiest streets — a sweeping move by a city seeking to break with its Confederate past. The…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is poised to make a sweeping break with its Confederate past as city leaders decide whether to remove prominent monuments from some of its busiest streets today. With support from Mayor Mitch Landrieu,…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A former congressman, a term-limited state lawmaker and the current state police superintendent are among John Bel Edwards' latest Cabinet appointments announced Wednesday, as the Democratic governor-elect continues building his new administration. Edwards named former…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Congress has reached agreement on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government for the 2016 budget year and extend $680 billion in tax cuts for businesses and individuals. President Barack Obama is expected…
OMAHA, NE (AP) — With billionaire investor Warren Buffett looking on, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she wants to raise taxes on the wealthy and expand upon the so-called "Buffett rule" pushed by the Obama administration to raise…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders have decided to delay until January a House vote to unravel President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and block federal money for Planned Parenthood, hoping to increase attention on their drive against two of conservatives'…
OMAHA, NE (AP) — Like many Americans, Warren Buffett can write a $2,700 check to support his favorite presidential candidate. But as one of the wealthiest Americans, he can also unleash immense financial clout by giving untold millions to super…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday that his health department leaders aren't readying the agency for a Medicaid expansion, though his successor has made that one of his top priorities. The Republican governor said he continues…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany launched his campaign Monday for Louisiana's U.S. Senate seat, a race that appears likely to become jam-packed with GOP contenders. Boustany, a cardiovascular surgeon in his sixth term in Congress…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican demands to end the ban on exporting crude oil emerged as a final negotiating point Monday as lawmakers scrambled to complete a year-end spending bill needed to keep the government running. In return for lifting…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans City Council has approved rules governing Mayor Mitch Landrieu's local hiring ordinance, despite vehement protest from labor activists. The New Orleans Advocate’s Jessica Williams reports the HireNOLA ordinance will require businesses in…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Impassioned residents heckled each other and at least one man made an inappropriate gesture that got him escorted out of City Hall during a heated debate Thursday over whether city officials should remove prominent Confederate monuments…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards is officially resigning from the state House of Representatives. Edwards is a Tangipahoa Parish Democrat who was first elected to the House from District 72 in 2007. He will be sworn…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers and the White House are rushing to finalize a $1.1 trillion government-wide spending bill and a sprawling tax package touching all sectors of the economy, then head home for the holidays. Dozens of issues remain…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Prominent Confederate monuments long taken for granted on the streets of this Deep South city may be coming down as allegiance to Confederate symbols slowly erodes in the South and blacks across the nation demand an…
