Politics

Gary Chambers Jr., the progressive Baton Rouge activist who made waves in a 2021 congressional race, announced Tuesday that he is running to unseat U.S. Sen. John Kennedy in this fall’s open primary.

Guaranteed income as a form of social welfare will get its first test run in the Gulf South soon thanks to programs starting in Alabama and Louisiana.

Gov. John Bel Edwards held his traditional year-end press conference in mid December, marking the end of a tumultuous year in Louisiana politics. The ongoing fight against COVID-19, hurricanes, floods, a heated legislative session, the first veto session in state history and acrimonious political debates that have surrounded each of those events created what even Gov. Edwards acknowledges was a tough year for Louisiana.

The result of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's election this Saturday could give the United States its first glimpse at a progressive Sheriff — or the city could return to its conventional incumbent, Sheriff Marlin Gusman, who has run a jail that has been shrouded in controversy since he overtook it in 2004.

State Attorney General Jeff Landry wants LSU Professor Robert Mann censured after Mann tweeted a comment that Landry found insulting to a member of his staff.

Hundreds of demonstrators for and against abortion rights protested in front of the U.S. Supreme Court steps in Washington D.C. as nine justices heard arguments for a Mississippi abortion ban case that could have monumental stakes for the Gulf South and the nation.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, the lead plaintiff, celebrates the ruling which comes just days before the deadline for unvaccinated healthcare workers to receive their first shot.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could reshape the right to abortion in America called Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Host Karen Brown spoke with two journalists who have followed the case closely.

Susan Hutson scored a key endorsement from a progressive elected official Friday in the runoff race on Dec. 11 against incumbent New Orleans Sheriff Marlin Gusman.

Hours before signing his landmark infrastructure bill into law, President Joe Biden announced that former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will lead a White House task force to oversee the $1.2 trillion spending plan.