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Race for Louisiana’s New Second Majority-Black Congressional District Is Heating Up

BATON ROUGE (AP) — In a critical election year, the race for Louisiana's new mostly Black congressional district is heating up as three candidates...

Louisiana Lawmakers Address Thousands of Dead and Beetle-Infested Trees

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Dead pine trees, weakened by last summer's drought and hungry beetles, are a major public safety concern for Louisiana residents,...

How Will Louisiana’s New Ten Commandments Classroom Requirement Be Funded And Enforced?

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed...

Ten Commandments Law Is Latest Effort to Move Louisiana Farther to the Right

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana has long been reliably red. The Bayou State has voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election since...

New Law: Ten Commandments Must Be Displayed in Classrooms

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under...

Louisiana Lawmakers Advance Bill to Reclassify Abortion Drugs, Worrying Doctors

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would make it a crime to possess two abortion-inducing drugs without a...
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Lawmakers Reject Minimum Wage Raise, LGBTQ+ Protections

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Measures failed in a House committee Thursday that would have gradually increased Louisiana's $7.25 an hour minimum wage and make...

Louisiana Lawmakers Quietly Advance 2 Controversial Bills

BATON ROUGE (AP) — While state offices and schools were closed across Louisiana on Wednesday because of severe storms, a GOP-controlled legislative committee gathered...

Louisiana Proposes Bill Similar to Texas’ Migrant Arrest Law

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana's Republican-controlled Senate advanced a bill Monday that would empower state and local law enforcement to arrest and jail people...

Louisiana Crawfish Shortage Leads to High Prices

BATON ROUGE (AP) — In Jeff Pohlmann's 39 years of selling crawfish in Louisiana he has never seen the industry face such an abysmal...

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