New Orleans' coroner has classified the death of a man shot by a police officer in the chaos following Hurricane Katrina as a homicide ...

With a big caveat: Confidence in state government's ability to handle pressing problems is no longer falling ...

In a close vote, a New Orleans flood protection board has refused to abandon its appeal of the dismissal of a coastal erosion lawsuit against oil, gas and pipeline companies ...

Months after a federal appeals court upheld the overturning of his last conviction, a prisoner known as one of Louisiana's "Angola Three" has been charged anew by a state grand jury in the 1972 death of a guard ...

BP was back in court Tuesday, trying to oust the man responsible for doling out billions of dollars in settlement money to businesses claiming they were hampered by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill ...

Lawyers on both sides of a same-sex marriage case have urged Louisiana's Supreme Court to rule on the matter even though the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to do so by June ...

The 2010 BP oil spill's long-term effects on Gulf of Mexico sea life and coastal marshes remain uncertain, an environmental expert testified Wednesday as federal attorneys laid out their case for penalties against the oil corporation that could hit $13.7 ...

The four announced candidates for Louisiana governor took part in their first campaign forum Friday, with little conflict and broad agreement that the public has lost faith in the way Louisiana uses gasoline tax money that goes into a Transportation Trust ...

A federal judge determined Thursday that more oil than BP estimated spilled into the Gulf of Mexico following a rig explosion in 2010, a decision that could potentially cost the London-based oil giant more than $13 billion ...

The Quality Counts survey this year gives the state an overall grade of D-Plus ...