The soon-to-be former congressman sued the author and publisher of "Murder in the Bayou" in October, when he was in a tight Senate race competition ...

State District Judge Todd Hernandez ruled that Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' anti-discrimination order is unconstitutional because it seeks to create or expand state law ...

Any new shortfalls will come on top of a $313 million deficit from last year that hasn't been closed ...

John Kennedy drew star power for his closing argument Friday: President-elect Donald Trump headlined a Baton Rouge rally. Foster Campbell went to a barbecue ...

What was expected to be a graceful dance to Washington for Scott Angelle has been upended by Clay Higgins' upstart campaign in an election cycle favoring outsiders ...

The Appropriations Committee opened hearings Tuesday to look at how agencies are spending the money they were allocated this year and what they've requested for next year ...

December elections historically have had low turnouts, and Secretary of State Tom Schedler's office expects about 35 percent of voters statewide to show up for the election, compared to 68 percent for the presidential election ...

Louisiana's budget has been in tatters for years, nearly the entire eight years Republican former Gov. Bobby Jindal was in office ...

A judge could decide within days whether Gov. John Bel Edwards violated Louisiana's constitution in giving workplace protections to LGBT people through executive order ...

One-time rivals who hammered each other in bitter exchanges ahead of the primary election are now suggesting they're forgiving and forgetting in the runoff as they endorse intra-party competitors who earlier in the election cycle said awful things about ...