The Army Corps announced it was suspending the project’s Department of Army permit pending further review. The Mid-Barataria project, intended to divert sediment and rebuild coastal wetlands lost to ...

The library operates eight branches and offers resources for children and adults. It has a physical collection of 125,000 ...

Louisiana State Representative Francis Thompson has sponsored a bill to rename part of Highway 425 in Archibald “The Gary ...

Louisiana state employees will be required to work from the office beginning July 1 under an executive order issued by Gov.

A St. Landry Parish grand jury indicted a man and teen for an Opelousas murder, according to District Attorney Chad Pitre. He ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The Louisiana Supreme Court put the execution warrants of two Caddo Parish death row inmates on hold Friday (April 11). The Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office filed a ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black communities can move forward ...

LAFAYETTE PARISH — Louisiana Secretary of State, Nancy Landry announced a series of voter protection bills for the upcoming legislative sessions. The bills are aimed at strengthening voter ...

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