Jeff Landry

At least five members of his new transition team are campaign donors.

“We can’t undo everything John Bel did, but we are going to try,” said Rep. Alan Seabaugh, R-Shreveport, one of the most conservative members of the House who recently won a state Senate seat.

Louisiana was in the national spotlight again this week with the election of Mike Johnson, who represents Louisiana’s 4th District, as speaker of the House.

Turnout in Louisiana’s primary was so low that Republican Jeff Landry won the governorship outright with less than 20% of all registered voters voting for him.

Landry’s election could lead to some significant changes in Louisiana, which has been led by Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards for the past eight years.

A change in the White House could have changed everything for Black communities in Louisiana's polluted "Cancer Alley." Then, federal officials walked away.

Documents show staff spent months negotiating an agreement that would have fundamentally changed Louisiana's air pollution permitting program.

A Louisiana appeals court has ruled the state’s near-total abortion ban can take effect — but the decision still requires a formal order from a lower court judge for the law to be enforced.

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.

The Supreme Court won’t block the Biden administration’s consideration of planet-warming emissions in rulemaking, declining to hear an appeal from Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry.