Lawmakers in Louisiana approved a resolution Wednesday to allow the state's Department of Health to use up to $150 million in ...

This week, states like New Mexico and Vermont have announced plans to protect residents for part of November. The former is ...

The shuttered federal government isn't funding food stamps as of Nov. 1. Families that get them aren't sure how they'll ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said the state will fund November food aid for children, the elderly or disabled who receive food ...

If the Supreme Court weakens the Voting Rights Act, Louisiana lawmakers could have an opportunity to draw new maps further ...

A Voting Rights Act lawsuit led the Legislature in 2024 to draw the current voting map, in which two of Louisiana’s six ...

Republicans batted down accusations by Democrats that they're trying to get rid of majority-Black districts as part of a ...

Nearly 800,000 people who depend on federal food aid will see no interruption in those benefits for November, according to ...

State Representative Julie Emerson of Lafayette is chair of the powerful Louisiana House Ways and Means Committee.

The journey kicked off July 3 in Delaware, the first state to be admitted to the U.S. Additional coverage from “50 States in ...

Expansions at five petrochemical plants in Texas and Louisiana could add the equivalent of more than 1 million cars’ worth of ...

The United States Senate ratified the treaty to transfer the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States on Oct. 20, ...