While federal law requires publicly disclosed monitoring of major pollutants, fence-line communities in Louisiana have long sought data on their exposure to hazardous and likely carcinogenic chemicals like chloroprene and ethylene oxide, which were not subject to these same regulations.

Authorities in Louisiana are looking for an inmate who escaped jail for the second time in a year after a member of the public tipped them off Thursday.

Louisiana beaches are under advisory and one is fully closed after health officials found higher than normal levels of bacteria.

If constructed, CP2 will be the single largest LNG export facility in the U.S. and help the country remain the world's largest exporter

In a bid to boost Louisiana's music industry and retain homegrown talent, lawmakers have advanced a bill to overhaul and extend the state's underutilized sound recording

Bills making their way through the state Legislature align with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s "MAHA” agenda, which vows to reduce chronic illness and obesity.

These hurricanes are coming at us faster and they’re coming for a longer time of the year. They’re producing more rain, higher winds. And they’re going to places that may never have experienced that before.

Louisiana's gaming industry reported a strong April, with casinos, sports wagering, and video poker reporting year-over-year gains.

For community groups to allege violations of environmental rules, a state law says groups have to use federally-approved testing equipment, and it sets restrictions for analyzing and sharing the data.

U.S. regulators have given Venture Global permission to proceed with construction of its CP2 LNG plant in Louisiana, a FERC document showed on Friday.

The state Senate remained in session until almost 10:30 pm Wednesday at the insistence of Senate President Cameron Henry, who said immediately afterward that he wanted his chamber to finish its work on contentious car insurance bills. The Senate needs to begin focusing on the annual budget debate next week, Henry, R-Metairie, added.