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NEW ORLEANS – Audubon Retirement Village and St. Anthony’s Community Care Center have received 2026 Silver – Achievement in Quality Awards from the American…
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State says it will appeal Baton Rouge judge’s ruling before deadline for local judges to declare re-election bids.
The state argues Roche’s bias against Murrill’s office is now “on open display.”
A federal judge agreed that Angola works men into the ground in unconstitutional heat. Then he said he could not make it stop. “The…
A new report ranks Louisiana as one of the 10 worst states to live in for 2026, citing high crime rates and restrictive laws…
Greg Bright served 27.5 wrongful years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. He is now facing financial hardship, because his innocence compensation ended in September.…
Graham was a close ally of President Donald Trump and a preliminary medical examiner said he died after a tear in his aorta.
A proposed solar farm in Iberia Parish promised millions in local tax revenue and a boost for Louisiana's clean energy future. Instead, a misinformation…
As witnesses from Baton Rouge join a federal lawsuit, a Louisiana immigration judge instructs her staff to allow the public to observe court hearings.…
Solar panel misinformation, spread by bots and by neighbors, derailed projects in Iberia Parish promising millions in local tax revenue. [...] Read More... from…
A new state audit says Louisiana returned more than $111 million in unused WIC benefits from 2021 to 2024. [...] Read More... from Louisiana…
The manufacturer is building a $6 billion facility that will use cleaner technology — and potentially green hydrogen. But residents question whether they will…
There’s been a recent spike in demand for pills, especially from patients in Louisiana, where all the media coverage may be reaching people who…
The number of people in ICE detention at least a year has spiked five-fold, leading to an unprecedented surge in petitions that ask federal…
The Baton Rouge Immigration Court has illegally barred all members of the public from individual hearings, a restriction unseen anywhere else in the nation,…
"These projects involve massive volumes of compressed industrial CO₂ transported through high-pressure pipelines and injected underground for permanent storage," says the writer, president of…
Mangrove forests are experiencing a global resurgence. Louisiana may benefit from their ability to reduce coastal erosion, absorb carbon dioxide, and enhance vital coastal…
A U.S. citizen shares her account of being stopped, shackled and detained in Lafayette Parish, while reporters examine a new Louisiana law that could…
A federal judge in Baton Rouge rebuked the government’s unlawful detention of the infirm 77-year-old. Then ICE seized him again. [...] Read More... from…
While supporters say that Act 284 protects juror privacy, critics say that it goes too far, by not allowing exceptions for investigating case improprieties,…
A new Louisiana law will prohibit the intentional outdoor release of mylar and latex helium balloons beginning Aug. 1. Supporters say the measure will…
Though Louisiana legislators again introduced the "Medical Freedom Act," which prohibits vaccine requirements, the version that made it through the Louisiana House was amended…
Coastal residents are rattled by a reported effort by a major aerospace company to acquire 136,000 acres of coastal marshland in Vermilion Parish. [...]…