Tropical Storm Debby is bringing potentially historic rainfall to parts of the Southeast as it continues a slow crawl over land.
Julia Guilbeau
A popular party drug that has for years proliferated around nightclubs and music festivals is now outlawed in Louisiana.
Tropical Storm Debby, the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, formed Saturday afternoon over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, according to forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Nearly 300 bills passed by Louisiana lawmakers in the 2024 regular session earlier this year are now in effect. The bills became new laws on August 1, unless a different date was specified in the bill. Over the last seven months, lawmakers have worked together to pass new laws that will affect Louisiana's education system, criminal justice system, election processes, budgets, LGBTQ+ residents and more. One will also allow guns without a permit in New Orleans, including in the French Quarter.Many of those bills were celebrated by Gov. Jeff Landry, including bills that rolled back criminal justice reform and banned transgender people from schools, prisons and domestic violence shelters that align with their gender identity.
Mardi Gras in New Orleans may look a little different for 2025 Carnival season thanks to a few new rules passed by city officials — but no worries, the party will still go on in full force.
A slew of laws quietly passed during the most recent Louisiana legislative session will make rules surrounding absentee voting more strict during the upcoming November election and beyond.
Louisiana politicians and politicos are reacting after President Joe Biden announced Sunday his intention to drop of the 2024 race for the presidency following increasing pressure from fellow Democrats after a disastrous debate performance.
Delegates at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, officially locked in former President Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee for the 2024 election during the conference's first day.
A new Louisiana law creating additional regulations for speeding cameras has made it much easier for motorists to appeal their tickets as lawmakers crack down on automated enforcement, a common threat for drivers in the state.