For years, WalletHub has done annual rankings for life as working moms for Mother's Day. This year, for the first time, it did a ranking for life as working dads for Father's Day, and it shows Louisiana with an overall ranking next to last, ahead of only New Mexico. Analyst Chip Lupo says the fact that Louisiana is a p...

An East Baton Rouge Parish judge granted a temporary restraining order to block Governor Landry's executive order to reallocate $168 million in the state's public school funding formula to provide stipends for teachers. Greg Beuerman, the spokesman for the three plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit against the order, says it...

Governor Landry has issued a state of emergency in six parishes in response to the severe weather caused by Tropical Storm Arthur - Avoyelles, Lafourche, Pointe Coupee, St. Landry, St. Tammany and Terrebonne. Arthur's remnants stalled over Avoyelles Parish throughout the day yesterday, dumping about two and a half feet...

The next time you go to a fast-food restaurant in Louisiana, be on your best behavior towards the employees, or else. Governor Landry signed the Behind The Counter Protection Act, which toughens penalties for those convicted of assaulting retail and service employees. Landry signed the bill in a ceremony at a Baton Rou...

LSU and Hyundai Steel inked a Master Research Agreement in collaboration with its $5.8 billion steel mill scheduled to open in Ascension Parish in 2029. LSU Assistant Vice Chancellor of Research Partnerships Greg Trahan says the agreement isn't just for one project; it's for all of them. "Hyundai comes and says, '...