The Latest Breaking News from Louisiana

States with some of the nation’s strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor

A former Louisiana sheriff has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on a federal bribery conviction

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue:

A Louisiana official for an order of Catholic nuns says 10 gunmen kidnapped an 83-year-old American nun from her bed in the west African nation of Burkina Faso and destroyed almost everything in the house where she lived

Power outages from severe weather have doubled over the past two decades across the U.S. as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms

By: Samuel Wonacott

Power outages from severe weather have roughly doubled over the past two decades across the U.S. as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms

A fungus that has killed millions of bats nationwide has been found in Louisiana but has not sickened any bats so far in the state

American fried chicken chain Popeyes have announced their plans to open their first sit-down restaurant in the UK, following the success of their space in Westfield Stratford

Missouri, Arizona and Louisiana say the move would lead to a ‘crisis’ at the US-Mexico border.

Louisiana enacted new congressional district boundaries on March 30 when the state legislature overrode Gov. John Bel Edwards’ (D) veto of legislation establishing the new districts. Louisiana was apportioned six seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, the same number it received after the 2010 census.…