Baton Rouge Rep. Barry Ivey views the state law requiring gun owners to have a permit to carry a concealed weapon an infringement on their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. His HB68 would have eliminated the need to get a concealed carry permit for any ...

A set of bills moving through the state Legislature’s ongoing regular session would create new layers of disclosure in regard to prescription drug pricing in Louisiana ...

A bill that would amend Louisiana’s marriage law to allow foreign-born applicants to obtain a marriage license without producing a birth certificate has cleared its first legislative hurdle ...

Supporters of Confederate-era monuments slated for removal in New Orleans launched a new court fight Monday to save one of them ...

Sen. Beth Mizell's SB54 would have the Department of Children and Family Services play a key role in responding to the victims of child exploitation. However, the state budget passed by the House cuts funding for the department by $69.8 million. Something's ...

The Edwards administration's plan to refocus the state's film credits program on smaller projects that would help grow the industry across the state had a wild day in Baton Rouge that began with a charge that the senator handling the bill had hijacked ...

A retired police chief representing the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police said the cameras do in fact slow traffic and lessen speed-related accidents by 80 percent ...

HB444 proposes to amend the state Constitution to allow corporations to negotiate tax deals with local governments. Opponents say it's a scheme to allow big corporations to waive their tax obligations ...

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 ...