Wesley Muller (Louisiana Illuminator)

Auditors found state education officials investigated and resolved 61 complaints during the 2021-22 school year but failed to properly address 42 others.

A state agency let the company forgo paying hundreds of thousands in fines for a decade of alleged permit violations.

Electric utilities in Louisiana are prohibited from disconnecting their customers for nonpayment during extreme weather such as dangerous heat.

Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis wants commitments from all electric utilities.

Water sampling after the recent explosion and fire at the Dow Chemical facility in Plaquemine found elevated levels of the hazardous compound ethylene oxide. But when the same sample was tested at a separate lab, it showed virtually no contamination, according to a preliminary incident report from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

DOTD springs last-minute meeting before legislative session

Congressional delegation reelected; Duplessis tops Landry for state senate

While local officials have begun securing grants to build train platforms and stations for a proposed passenger rail line connecting Baton Rouge and New Orleans, many fundamental aspects of the project — such as where the trains will stop and how often they will run — remain unknown.

Louisiana is set to receive its first round of federal infrastructure dollars for five transportation projects across the state, including the proposed commuter rail service connecting Baton Rouge to New Orleans.

The legal battle to determine the boundaries of Louisiana’s congressional districts is now taking place simultaneously at all three levels of the federal judiciary, and the parties involved are fighting on multiple fronts. The decision comes down to whether Black voters will hold a majority in one or two of the state’s six U.S. House districts.