“Paying our workers a living wage is a basic principle in a land of opportunity." ...

Anyone can rent the bikes, but first must register online at geauxvelobikeshare.com ...

Regardless of whether people are actually paying attention to the financial fights at the Capitol, 79 percent believe that the state’s budget is in “crisis." ...

It offered an early preview of what the leading candidates will be talking about on the campaign trail and which ones are likely to bump heads first ...

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is expected to be traveling around the country more for the former secretary of state in the near future and he has already offered up assistance with fundraising ...

HCR 11 creates a review panel that will make recommendations on budget and tax reforms that will be turned into legislation for the next applicable session — probably the 2017 regular session ...

Treasurer John Kennedy cannot use $3 million in (treasurer) campaign cash to run for the U.S. Senate, but he can transfer it to a sympathetic super PAC, like U.S. Sen. David Vitter did in last year’s governor’s race ...

Tax policy almost always has to start in the House Ways and Means Committee, which places Chairman Neil Abramson, D-New Orleans, in what is arguably one of the most important positions in the 2016 special session ...

The super PAC, which was opposed to the election of U.S. Sen. David Vitter, is posting social media on a regular basis and engaging followers ...

If the current registration trends continue, independents could soon surpass GOP registrations ...