The Latest Breaking News from Louisiana

The Isle de Jean-Charles, on the coast of Louisiana in the United States, is on course to disappear within two generations as a result of climate change and oil extraction. Since the 1950s almost 98 percent of the island has been swallowed by the salty waters of the Gulf of…

A federal judge has ruled that incarcerated youths be removed from a temporary lockup at a former death row building in Louisiana’s adult maximum-security prison by Sept. 15

A Louisiana grand jury has charged a now-91-year-old disgraced priest with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 1975

The case is just one example of miscalculations that routinely keep Louisiana prisoners behind bars after they complete their sentences.

The number of incumbents running in this year’s state executive elections—20—is the fewest in the past four cycles for these offices. These are the 36 executive positions that voters decide in three states—Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi—in the year prior to each presidential election.

Environmental advocates and residents of the Louisiana chemical corridor known as Cancer Alley have spent decades calling for change in the way industrial activity is regulated there

Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Europe has been forced to find an alternative to Russian gas, which it relied heavily on. The European Union has turned to liquefied natural gas, or LNG. Last year, the United States became the number one exporter of LNG and that trend has…

Eight candidates are running in the all-party primary for Louisiana Secretary of State on Oct. 14, 2023. Incumbent Kyle Ardoin (R) is not running for re-election.

A Louisiana company will relinquish the last remaining oil and gas lease on land near Montana’s Glacier National Park that’s sacred to Native Americans

Joseph Tokosh resigned from Nicholls State University in March after reports emerged that he was requesting face paint images from his students

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