Louisiana News

A state legislative auditor's review highlights shortfalls in care for incarcerated women, including a lack of free menstrual products in some facilities.

The Louisiana Public Service Commission and Trump administration both made decisions in April that could mean more expensive energy bills for residents.

Two bills to ban weather modification in Louisiana have quietly moved their way through the state legislature this session, as a cohort of other states have moved to do the same with technology that purports to encourage rain or alter temperature.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has ordered multiple investigations into New Orleans’ criminal justice system after 10 men escaped from Orleans Parish Prison last Friday.

LSU President William Tate has been named the next leader of Rutgers University in New Jersey, becoming the most notable in a string of abrupt, high-profile departures from Louisiana’s flagship public university.

A bill that would exempt prescription drugs and insulin from state and local taxes will go before the full House Monday.

Louisiana lawmakers are asking Congress to bring back a federal program that helped schools buy food from local farms.

The Louisiana House on Thursday passed a budget proposal that includes funds to retain current teacher salaries. The budget still has to clear the Senate Finance Committee before it goes before the upper chamber.

A search is underway for seven inmates who broke out of the Orleans Parish jail on Friday morning. Three other inmates who escaped have already been captured, authorities said.

Flames ripped through the Nottoway Plantation House, destroying much of the historic structure.