More child deaths possibly linked to abuse and neglect in Louisiana have been investigated so far this year than in all of 2025, and the number of proven fatal incidents is on pace to surpass last year’s count according to the state’s child welfare agency. 

Louisiana lawmakers signed off Thursday on a 10-year, no-bid contract worth $192.6 million to provide public safety equipment and technology for law enforcement and the prison system.

Three media outlets that sued LSU to obtain records that detail how its athletics department spends public money on student-athletes have agreed to end the case now that a new state law shields that information from disclosure. Louisiana Illuminator’s Piper Hutchinson, Chris Nakamoto with WAFB-TV and Todd Horne of Tiger Rag filed suit earlier this […]

As the pool of Medicaid patients shrinks and Medicaid funding runs up against new limits, independently owned health clinics will receive a much larger share of what’s available once their new reimbursement rates go into place.

Republican state Sen. Blake Miguez of New Iberia ended weeks of speculation regarding if and where he would run for Congress when he qualified Friday to run in the Baton Rouge-area 6th District.  Miguez, who represents an Acadiana-based district in the Louisiana Senate, previously qualified to run in the Northeast Louisiana-based 5th District before Gov. […]

Spending for the state government’s watchdog agency has more than doubled since Gov. Jeff Landry selected a new leader earlier this year.

The Louisiana Legislature voted for a law change that benefits only one person, state Rep. Steven Jackson, D-Shreveport, by erasing a $1,000 ethics fine he faces.

Advocates and service providers for the homeless worry a new Louisiana law that criminalizes unauthorized sleeping outdoors will make it even harder for people who struggle to find permanent housing.