The Louisiana Public Service Commission reviewed rates that prisons and jails charge inmates to make phone calls, following a federal directive.

State lawmakers have agreed to a pared-down version of Gov. Jeff Landry’s tax overhaul package but one that would still ...

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell will become chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and the Rules Committee when the new Congress convenes in January.

President-elect Donald Trump ordered congressional Republicans to block a broadly popular bill to protect journalism freedoms.

Around 70 mental health professionals and educators in Louisiana have signed a letter urging state lawmakers to vote against a proposed constitutional amendment that could send more young teenagers to ...

A new report alleges the Environmental Protection Agency hasn’t regulated pollutants in wastewater from plastics plants – ...

The chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee criticized leaders of the FBI and Homeland Security for refusing to ...

Andrew Jacoby is an environmental law attorney based in New Orleans.

For decades, Louisiana regulators and legislators have made it easy for oilfield operators to abandon their duty to plug oil ...

WASHINGTON — The 2025-26 form to apply for federal student aid is now available to all students and families, the U.S.

House Democrats pressed President Joe Biden to save the lives of federal death row inmates before his term ends in January.

Republicans on a U.S. House ethics panel opposed the public release of a long-awaited report on Matt Gaetz, nominee for U.S.