The Latest Breaking News from Louisiana

Republicans hope electing Johnson will unite their fractious majority and end weeks of chaos by elevating a little-known conservative to one of the highest seats of U.S. power.

All Texas Republicans in the U.S. House voted for Louisiana’s Mike Johnson to be speaker, ending a stalemate that has left the chamber leaderless for three weeks. Johnson is a deeply religious conservative who won the support of the party’s disparate factions.

A massive intrusion of salt water into the Mississippi River has left the tap water in several Louisiana communities unsafe to drink and could threaten the New Orleans metropolitan area. The most visible emergency response is the provision of bottled water, with authorities distributing huge quantities of single-serving plastic water…

Mike Johnson is a hardliner on abortion and LGBT+ rights, and led an effort to overturn the 2020 election results in swing states

Louisiana congressman was picked by his party on Tuesday night, just hours after the third nominee Tom Emmer abruptly pulled out.

Johnson, from Louisiana, is the fourth hopeful for the job amid continued in-fighting among Republicans.

House majority whip becomes third Republican to withdraw after Louisiana’s Steve Scalise and Ohio’s Jim Jordan

A combination of fog and thick smoke from a marsh fire reduced visibility on Louisiana highways to near nothing on Monday

Dense super fog in Louisiana caused one massive multi-car pile-up and dozens of other crashes on Monday