The initiative comes after a new state law reclassified the reproductive care drugs misoprostol and mifepristone as ...

At least 20 states and Washington, D.C., now have independent prison oversight bodies. Elsewhere, state prisons rely on other ...

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities threaten to lock Louisiana into decades of greenhouse gas emissions, ...

The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per ...

Blue states are bracing for a battle with the Trump administration over their authority to limit tailpipe emissions, a ...

In the wake of a deadly New Year’s vehicle attack, New Orleans’ police chief has refused to answer questions about the city’s ...

The New Orleans City Council launched a formal investigation into the city’s handling of its street barrier systems meant to ...

The Louisiana patient who contracted what officials said was the nation’s first “severe” case of avian influenza has died, ...

For seven months, the Louisiana Board of Ethics kept private documents about the financial interests of a handful of Gov.

As concerns mount over New Orleans' anti-terrorism protocols in light of last week’s deadly truck attack, local and state ...

A federal judge has struck down Biden’s effort to protect transgender students and make other changes to Title IX, ruling the ...

Despite both praise and criticism of President Joe Biden’s executive order banning offshore drilling in huge swaths off the ...