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Tom Arthur/Election Day is over and results are in for Louisiana. Voters weighed in on statewide ballot amendments, congressional races, as well as other key state and local elections. -
Stephan Bisaha/Gulf States Newsroom/Experts say merging water systems can help with the high cost of maintenance. But Byam, Mississippi — fed up with Jackson’s water crisis — wants to go it alone.
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Louisiana politicos are still awaiting Attorney General Jeff Landry’s official entrance into the 2023 governor’s race, but nothing says “I’m running for office” like slapping a campaign logo on hats and t-shirts. -
Moon Landrieu, a two-term New Orleans mayor whose legacy includes increasing Black representation in city government and building up the Central Business District with the Superdome and skyscrapers, died at the age of 92 on Monday morning, according to a report from NOLA.com.
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The Louisiana Bond Commission voted Thursday to delay funding for a $39 million New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board project by another month, prolonging top state officials’ spat with the city officials over their defiance of the state’s abortion ban.
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The Louisiana Bond Commission made good on a threat issued by Attorney General Jeff Landry earlier this week that the state should withhold construction dollars from New Orleans unless city officials commit to enforcing the state’s abortion restrictions by delaying the city’s $39 million request for funds to improve its ailing drainage infrastructure.
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Attorney General Jeff Landry issued a threat to New Orleans officials Tuesday: enforce the state’s near-absolute ban on abortion or risk losing state funding for projects in the city.
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Karen Carter Peterson, a former state senator and Louisiana Democratic Party chair, has admitted she diverted party and campaign funds for her personal use. Federal authorities shed light on wire fraud scheme in a bill of information filed Thursday.
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The U.S. Treasury said prison construction is a “generally ineligible” use of American Rescue Plan funds, but has not intervened in Alabama's plans.
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The Louisiana Senate has canceled a veto override session scheduled for later this month after Republican legislative leaders signaled efforts to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ vetoes would likely fail.
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Over the holiday weekend, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry asked the state Supreme Court to lift a lower court’s temporary restraining order that is blocking the “trigger laws” that would impose a near-absolute ban on the procedure in the state.
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With Louisiana’s abortion ban temporarily blocked by a judge’s order, Attorney General Jeff Landry is threatening the medical licenses of doctors who continue to provide abortion care at the state’s three abortion clinics.
