Over two centuries ago, hundreds of enslaved individuals fled from a plantation in LaPlace, and embarked on a march along the Mississippi River toward New Orleans which led to an uprising. This ...
Louisiana will continue to hold the top two leadership spots in the lower chamber. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the Jefferson Republican who serves in the second-ranking leadership post ...
Louisiana's prison system routinely holds ... The site was once the Angola Plantations, a slave plantation owned by Isaac Franklin and named after Angola, the country of origin for many of the ...
Louisiana holds open elections without a partisan primary. If a candidate gets 50% of the vote, they are declared the winner. If not, the top two candidates go to a runoff. In the 2nd ...