The Senate Finance Committee discussed a bill Monday that aims to help states decide, based on objective data, which state programs deliver the best bang for the buck ...

The bill before the Senate Finance Committee removing the statutory mandate that state funds go to itemized state and local programs was held to allow the author additional time to build her case ...

Intro ordinance gives Lafayette police — and sheriff’s deputies in unincorporated Lafayette Parish — the authority to immediately shutter a bar if it presents “an immediate danger to the health, safety and welfare of the public.” ...

Emerson's HB468 would keep state and local regulators out of natural braiders' hair ...

House leaders say they will move HB1 through the Appropriations Committee today with a vote on the House floor set for Thursday ...

The Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee will consider bills by New Orleans Sen. J.P. Morrell today to refocus the state's film tax credit program on support of Louisiana-based companies and industry ...

Lafayette Parish voters shot down a proposed half-cent sales tax for school construction on Saturday and narrowly defeated two property tax renewals related to the parish courthouse and jail facilities ...

Candyce Perret rode the impact of ads attacking Susan Theall in the final two weeks of the campaign to win election to the eight remaining years of a term on the Third Circuit Court of Appeal ...

Called a total loss after a tragic fire, uncertainty about the historic club's future is an encouraging development ...

Faced with failing infrastructure grades, DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson lays the blame on partisanship and gamesmanship ...