The measure, Act 259, which passed the Louisiana State Legislature in the spring and was signed into law by Gov. Jeff Landry ...

A Republican, P.B.S. Pinchback was president pro tempore of the Louisiana Senate and the first Black governor in the United ...

“Michael knows more about jazz than most people will ever know,” longtime WWOZ-FM Program Director Dwayne Breashears said in ...

Jaclyn Hotard, the top parish administrator, said in one text message that she 'wanted to choke' environmental advocate Joy ...

Louisiana is one of several GOP-led states that have passed laws empowering local officers to enforce federal immigration law ...

The presidential election prediction is always easy in a red state like Louisiana. As expected, Donald Trump carried 60% of ...

Walker’s first published poem was “I Want To Write.” She wrote “For My People” in 1937 and published her first collection of ...

New Orleans' homeless population says they're frustrated with Louisiana state officials after state-sanctioned sweeps.

City Park Conservancy, the nonprofit that runs the day-to-day operations of New Orleans’ largest park, is resuming its public ...

A federal judge in Baton Rouge is set to hear oral arguments next week in a challenge to a new state law that makes it a ...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission set aside its approval of the massive CP2 facility until further studies are done on ...

The Mississippi River levee in St. John the Baptist Parish is among 13 protest sites featured in a digital exhibition.