Louisiana News

Louisiana officials signed non-disclosure agreements as Amazon's $12 billion data centers unfolded in secret.

Baton Rouge Police Department employees could soon get the largest across-the-board pay raises in department history if East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards latest ask of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council is successful.

The bill, House Bill 636, is in direct response to the death of Southern University student Caleb Wilson.

A bill asking voters to approve a constitutional amendment giving legislators a say in removing judges advanced through a Senate Judiciary committee Tuesday.

The East Baton Rouge Public Defender remain underfunded despite a $500,000 allocation from the parish. High case loads and small pay checks remain the norm

Louisiana residents may see changes in calling the state health department or using its website if it turns to artificial intelligence to save money.

The Gulf States Newsroom traveled across Mississippi and collected 219 written responses from people with lived experience of addiction.

This year, dozens of voting rights bills died in committee, nearly all of them in one day.

Dr. Kim Hunter Reed said the Murphy J. Foster Promise Program has quickly become one of Louisiana’s most popular workforce developments.

Under the proposal, public schools would receive $147 per student — almost a 50% bump — to put toward specific expenses.