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Louisiana’s proposed work requirements for Medicaid enrollment largely adhere to the new guidelines Congress and President Donald Trump laid out last year. The new state regulations are expected to go…
The Louisiana Democratic Party has selected the candidates it will officially back in the Nov. 3 congressional midterm elections…
Beginning in 2021, a series of landmark settlements with the manufacturers, marketers and distributors of opioids set off a wave of more than $50 billion in payments to local and state governments acr…
Demonstrators who traveled from across the country with various organizations marched from the Lincoln Memorial to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial following a four-hour program of speeches.…
The Republican Party of Louisiana’s leadership faced backlash this week after endorsing candidates in Louisiana’s two competitive congressional races using an opaque, private process. The Louisiana G…
Black bears were once abundant across the lower Mississippi River basin, but decades of habitat destruction and overhunting threatened to wipe out the population.…
WASHINGTON — With less than 70 days until midterm elections, Democrats remain favored to regain the majority in the U.S. House. President Donald Trump’s anemic approval ratings amid the war in Iran,…
Attention on state policymaking has only heightened as Democrats see the potential to flip hundreds of state legislative seats this November and chip away at the GOP’s hold on American politics.…
The Trump administration rule creates new requirements for mail ballot envelopes, which states say would present a major challenge to complete before this year’s elections.…
The 1,700-acre facility is set to officially break ground Sept. 4, three days after the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality holds a meeting where the public can provide feedback on the compa…
A developing trade war with Canada could bite Republicans ahead of the upcoming midterm elections as voters worry about rising prices and industries in states with competitive races could suffer.…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service took another step Thursday in implementing a Trump administration policy to restrict mail-in voting, even as a high-stakes legal battle plays out and midterm elect…
The Trump administration has now sued 21 states over such laws, which enable noncitizen students who meet certain requirements access to in-state tuition at public colleges and universities, regardles…
BOISE, Idaho — The group leading the effort to restore abortion access by ballot initiative in Idaho has filed a lawsuit against state officials over proposed language that will appear on the ballot a…
A year after the Smitty’s Supply explosion dispersed millions of gallons of oil and chemicals in Tangipahoa Parish, environmental officials are still investigating the disaster as the company continue…
In President Donald Trump’s return, he has employed a government-wide approach to fulfilling his immigration agenda that includes not only the central campaign promise of mass deportations, but curtai…
This week’s announcement of SpaceX’s plans to build a rocket launchport in coastal Vermilion Parish has me recalling the heyday of space exploration just before and during my early years.…
A U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a lawsuit from environmental groups and local commercial fishermen that asked judges to review the approval of a major liquid natural gas project in Cameron Parish.…
Democrat-led states and voting rights groups re-filed lawsuits Wednesday to block the Trump administration from executing a new regulation to restrict mail-in voting.…
Space X is the latest in a series of major projects coming to Louisiana touting numerous high-paying jobs that require specialized training. The state's technical college system is expected to provide…
The settlement ended a high-stakes case filed in 2023 in which states said Meta purposely designed its social media platforms with addictive features and knew it was exposing children to serious menta…
Some states that cover nonmedical home care through Medicaid have marginally increased workers’ wages. But those small gains could be wiped out in 2027, when billions of dollars in Medicaid cuts go in…
New state oversight laws are pumping the brakes on private equity’s push into healthcare, according to new data.…
SpaceX’s plans to launch thousands of rockets a year from coastal Southwest Louisiana will put habitat and hurricane protection at risk, according to three wildlife groups that oppose waivers to feder…