For the first time in two decades there will be a new Parish President in West Baton Rouge Parish. The current Parish President Riley Berthelot will not be seeking reelection come October.
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy said he is supporting a bill introduced by Republican Senator Mitt Romney to raise the federal minimum wage to $11 over the next four years.
When you take Jeff Landry’s name out of the mix, a poll conducted by Gray Media, the owners of WAFB, and Mason-Dixon Polling Strategy shows more people have no idea who the other candidates are than those that do.
Jeff Landry leads the race in the Louisiana gubernatorial election poll, but potential run-off scenarios loom as key issues like the economy and healthcare shape voter preferences.
It was a big day for Stephen Waguespack (R) and his supporters on Thursday last week showing off their Wag swag, when he officially qualified for governor.
The campaigns for statewide office can officially get into election mode. Each candidate putting pencil to paper today has just about 100 days to convince you they deserve your vote.
The Louisiana Legislature will return for a veto override session Tuesday largely driven by a desire to resurrect a bill that would ban gender-affirming health care for transgender children and teenagers.
Supporters call the bill ‘unapologetically aspirational," as legislators mark the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs ruling which ended protection for abortion under Roe versus Wade.
Lawmakers from both parties were furious this evening after they said they were given no time to review any of the amendments put on all of the budget bills to spend your money, which were all saved until the last second with no room for debate.
If your neighbor is a registered sex offender, you would know thanks to a public registry Louisiana requires them to enlist. But what about those who physically abuse children?
With Louisiana’s approach to marijuana becoming more lenient year after year, the idea of expunging offenses for simple possession seemed like a no-brainer for some.
We are just five months away from the primary election in the race for Louisiana governor. A few candidates running for the top job in the state made their pitches to folks in the oil and gas industry.
The laws on the books in La. make it illegal for those who wish to perform an abortion, but it’s the pregnant mother that some lawmakers are concerned about.
With this being his last year as governor, there are still a couple of goals Gov. John Bel Edwards would like to check off his list before leaving office.
One of the topics that is discussed in most legislative sessions is teacher pay raises. There is a plan many agree with but it's unclear how much of a raise it would give teachers.
A bill making its way through the Louisiana Legislature would treat carjacking the same as armed robbery, a crime that doesn't allow for probation as a possible punishment.