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Consent decree would settle two lawsuits against EPA brought by Louisiana residents in one of most polluted parts of US

The Louisiana State Legislature adjourned its 2022 legislative session on June 6, referring six constitutional amendments to this year’s ballots. These amendments join five other constitutional amendments that the Legislature referred during its 2021 session.

Employees at a Starbucks store in New Orleans are the first in Louisiana to unionize

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said there was “no excuse” for a video he watched of the deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene failing to reach prosecutors for another six months

Louisiana voters will decide in November on a constitutional amendment that would remove language from the state constitution that allows involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime. The amendment would also add language to say that the section of the constitution prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude “does not apply to…

Louisiana employees who use medical marijuana may soon receive much-needed protection from being fired, reported Marijuana Moment.

There are neighborhoods in Southwest Louisiana that have endured seven federally declared disasters in just two years

Another hurricane season begins after two of the most devastating seasons in recent memory, particularly for my home state of Louisiana.

Louisiana lawmakers are asking Gov. John Bel Edwards and his top attorneys to testify before a bipartisan committee investigating allegations of a cover-up in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene