Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration had ended the state’s contract with Ware in Coushatta in late 2023 to house up to 24 incarcerated girls after the facility requested an additional $ ...

BATON ROUGE, La. – Sen. Bill Cassidy has emerged as a central figure in the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose ...

New Orleans had fewer security measures in place on New Year’s Eve in parts of the French Quarter than during the same celebrations in earlier years, offering the assailant in the deadly attack ...

Two years ago, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority under then-Governor John Bel Edwards won the required federal permits to build the project. Since Landry’s inauguration ...

Since 1960, 15 U.S. senators eventually went on to win presidential nominations of the two major parties. That’s why the new senators who took office Friday are worth watching; some may become ...

Edwards also leaned into his outsider status, at one point telling a story about a fast food worker who inserted "Bel" in between his names, confusing him with former Gov. John Bel Edwards ...

John Bel Edwards, to whom Sid Edwards is not related. He also joked about not knowing anything about campaigning. He recounted how he raised a few hundred dollars to buy his first signs without ...

John Bel Edwards, qualified to campaign against Guidry for the seat. Yet in a pair of Aug. 20 orders, the Louisiana Supreme Court removed Guidry's two opponents from the ballot after determining ...

Mitsubishi’s project had the strong backing of Louisiana political leaders. In 2020, then-Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, praised the project as a “world-scale” chemical manufacturing ...

Landry noted that the investigation began under former Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat. As governor, he said his office has been evaluating State Police. And he said Murrill commissioned a "top ...