Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a new TOPS award for high-performing students, scrapping language from an original proposal ...

The Louisiana Senate advanced a bill Monday that would create an individual income tax credit for homeowners who install a ...

The Louisiana House of Representatives leadership added money to its state budget proposal to avoid a public school teacher pay cut that was expected after a March constitutional failed to pass. The ...

Republicans in Congress are weighing options that could force states to cut services for children and other vulnerable ...

A state health department audit discovered she withheld personal information and underreported income on her applications for ...

Human trafficking is the exploitation of people through force, fraud or coercion for the purposes of sex or labor.

The House Ways and Means Committee advanced legislation that would give parishes the option to increase the homestead ...

For the second year in a row, legislators pushed back on State Public Defender Rémy Starns’ efforts to gain total authority ...

Louisiana’s wetlands are a hot political topic right now, thanks to Governor Jeff Landry putting the breaks on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. Debate over that decision has probably overshadowed ...

Louisiana legislators are advancing legislation to move the University of New Orleans back into the LSU System.