The House Ways and Means Committee assumes center stage this week as a wave of tax and revenue bills await its consideration ...

Sen. Page Cortez wants to put an end to the practice of siphoning off money from the Transportation Trust Fund to pay for operations of the Louisiana State Police. His SB57 proposes a constitutional amendment to ban the practice ...

Budget cuts to the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs could lead to the closure of state-funded veterans’ cemeteries in Leesville and Rayville ...

Soon-to-launch nonprofit Louisiana news site acquires award-winning content from Louisiana’s first statewide progressive website ...

House Republicans cut $234 million in funding for the Louisiana Department of Health. That cut could trigger deep cuts in programs funded by Medicaid support based on a state/federal cost split ...

Amendments to three bills in Senate Judiciary C on Tuesday reshaped those parts of the Justice Reinvestment Task Force legislative package. Supporters of the reforms were taken aback but remain committed to securing reform this year ...

Currently, state law prohibits any transaction involving drug paraphernalia, but gives an exception to products made for scientific research, medical or clinical use ...

Most demonstrators waved various Confederate and American flags and hailed from northern and central Louisiana ...

KATC meteorologist righteously pontificates on the morons who drive through floodwater, and it goes viral ...

Rep. Valerie Hodges' attempt to use disaster relief funding to complete the Comite Diversion Canal was stripped from HB1 following an extended debate on the House floor ...