Communities around Louisiana are taking environmental data collection into their own hands — despite a law restricting how their findings can be used to enforce regulations.

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality hopes to improve water quality throughout the state with a new water quality trading program. But whether the program is fully set up for success isn’...

Elected officials and government employees may now be gifted $81 worth of food and drink per individual for state holidays and religious occasions under a loosening of Louisiana ethics laws enacted la...

Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed a conservative nutrition bill taking a swipe at a fellow Republican who is now running for U.S. Senate.

Two Iranian-born LSU students were arrested this week by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement at their off-campus apartment in Baton Rouge

Though states differ in how they now regulate wetland areas, law changes in three states and counting all have the same goal: more development.

The annual forecast for the Gulf “dead zone” at the mouth of the Mississippi River the will be about average in size this year.

Louisiana legislators voted to give $3.5 million in state funds to LSU to purchase a horse facility which the university did not request.

The Louisiana Legislature is advancing legislation that would allow politicians to spend their campaign funds on a broader group of expenses, including country club memberships and gym fees, while pro...

There’s a small area along the Mississippi River where the land and buildings are covered with the same rust-colored mineral found on Mars. Welcome to Atalco.

The legislature has changed the state’s legal definition of wetlands, leaving doubt over whether permits will be needed to develop isolated backwater areas

Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval to legislation Tuesday to limit the amount of money nursing home residents and their families receive from lawsuits over injuries, neglect and wrongful deaths.

A metal refinery unlawfully discharged industrial toxic waste containing arsenic, chromium and other heavy metals into a Lake Maurepas swamp.

A proposal to end the addition of fluoride from public drinking water in Louisiana failed Wednesday in the legislature following passionate testimony from health care and dental professionals.

As hurricane season begins June 1, new studies point to an increasing risk of loss from severe wind and water damage common during these intense storms.

Louisiana’s environment can be the best friend and the worst enemy to an oyster harvester.

Two bills to ban weather modification in Louisiana have quietly moved their way through the state legislature this session, as a cohort of other states have moved to do the same with technology that p...

Supporters of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project took to the State Capitol steps Monday afternoon, urging state leaders to advance the stalled coastal restoration project.

Debate over local control and state regulation of emissions took on David vs. Goliath tones Tuesday at the State Capitol, where a legislative committee considered a raft of bills dealing with carbon c...

As the United States works to be a global AI superpower, it’s become a home to hundreds of data centers with high electricity demand.

A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events, affirming on First Amendment

People are selling table reservations at iconic New Orleans eateries for eye-popping amounts via third-party apps — often without the restaurant’s knowledge

President Donald Trump’s first-term push to open the Gulf of Mexico to fish farming has come to a halt in the early days of his second term.

While the MRCTI is not shying away from using words like “climate” and “resilience” in their policy goals, its members are uncertain how much federal support they can count on, given recent government...

A new congressional bill aims to improve fisheries and environmental quality in the Mississippi River basin with a federally funded commission.

The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.

The GEO Group has pushed for a contract with ICE to reopen it New Jersey facility as a detention center and even sued the state.

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Louisiana legislators heard from nuclear industry leaders about how the state could expand energy production with an all of the above approach.

Trump’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico has not been short of controversy, but Louisiana residents who live and work closest to that body of water have enthusiastically embraced the change. Many...

The U.S. fertility rate — the total number of live births per 1,000 women of reproductive age — has declined steadily over the past decade

A state judge ordered Gov. Jeff Landry to produce text messages he sent to the chairman of the LSU Board of Supervisors about a law professor.

Registration for Louisiana’s fortified roof grant program opened Wednesday for its first lottery round of 2025.

Researchers estimate reaching a federal agency's Gulf dead zone reduction target will cost billions of dollars a year.

Skyrocketing costs of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) coverage are spurring significant departure from the program.