The state Public Service Commission voted along party lines to end a program to save energy and money for residential customers — who already top the US in electricity use.

In a surprise agenda change for Wednesday’s meeting, the Louisiana Public Service Commission will consider terminating a statewide energy efficiency program it just recently hired a contractor to run after spending 14 years to create it.

Despite being at odds over insurance reform, Gov. Jeff Landry and Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple both support legislation HB 519 to ban handheld use of a phone by drivers to reduce the number of traffic fatalities and accidents caused by distracted drivers.

Residents of the mostly Black communities sandwiched between chemical plants along the lower Mississippi River have long said they get most of the pollution but few of the jobs produced by the region’s vast petrochemical industry.

" Let me be clear, both sides are to blame. I am not here to support lawyers or our insurance companies, I'm here to help Louisianans who elected us,” Landry said in opening remarks during the 2025 legislative session.

The two Republicans take potshots at each other’s plans to lower auto coverage rates.

Legislative agenda targets trial lawyers and insurance companies.

As Wall Street swings wildly under the weight of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, reactions in the Gulf South are mixed.

The world’s largest ammonia producer plans to invest $4.2 billion to build the world’s largest blue ammonia plant in Ascension Parish, Gov. Jeff Landry announced Tuesday.

Owners and operators of independent restaurants in New Orleans are bracing for the impact that new tariffs will have on their businesses.