Louisiana Network

A bill to abolish the death penalty in Louisiana will soon be filed as the debate about capital punishment continues on the national level.

A bill to abolish the death penalty in Louisiana will soon be filed as the debate about capital punishment continues on the national level.

There’s concern that processors who sell pre-peeled crawfish meat won’t have enough foreign H-2B visa workers to peel all of the crawfish on the market.

Sen. John Kennedy, who sits on the Senate Budget Committee, questioned the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought.

State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says the state is seeing fewer fatalities in fires so far in 2019 compared to other years with 16 fatal fires killing 17.

State lawmakers heard from supporters of the death penalty Tuesday, during a meeting of the House Criminal Justice Committee.

Community activists are calling on lawmakers to pass a law allowing local governments the right to set their own minimum wages.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy says he’s reintroducing the College Transparency Act.

The legislative session is a less than a month away and two topics look like they’ll be the hot button issues that dominate the early discussions.

Louisiana has now seen eleven straight months of jobs gains, with the state adding 10,200 jobs from January 2018 to 2019.

Baton Rouge Representative Steve Carter is bringing a constitutional amendment in the upcoming session that would allow local governments to lower the homestead exemption.

House Democrats passed a sweeping elections reform package that includes major electoral changes such as making voting days federal holidays, automatic voter registration, and other substantial changes.