AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas will now let people carry handguns without first getting a background check and training, becoming the latest and largest on a growing list of states to roll back permitting requirements for carrying guns in public.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards is shutting down state offices early Friday, giving workers a half-day off in honor of Juneteent…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards has agreed to turn off federal pandemic unemployment payments at the end of July in exchange for…
In ArkLaTex politics for June 16, Louisiana's Deputy Solicitor General Scott St. John tried the case in court challenging the Biden administra…
AUSTIN, Texas - Texans can carry handguns without a license or training starting Sept. 1, after Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed the permi…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday asked a federal judge to prevent Arkansas from enforcing its ban on gen…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Before they wrapped up their session, Louisiana lawmakers charted the spending of nearly $1.7 billion in federal pande…
BATON ROUGE, La - A bill signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday reduces the penalties for individuals arrested for possession of a relativ…
AUSTIN, Texas — College athletes in Texas will soon be able to receive compensation from outside businesses that want to use their name, image…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has recognized Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, as a legal state holiday.
BATON ROUGE, La. — Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin is proud to announce the passage of key pieces of legislation during the 2021 Regular Legisl…
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The just completed Louisiana legislative session accomplished a lot of things such as a new tax reform package lawmakers h…
BATON ROUGE, La. - State Treasurer John M. Schroder announced Friday more than 76,000 people will receive Unclaimed Property checks totaling $…
BATON ROUGE, La. – Buoyed by billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief aid, Louisiana legislators took on several big issues this spring …
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Shreveport lawmaker has asked Louisiana State Police to investigate whether a colleague's threat of gun violence aga…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In the final minutes of their legislative session, Louisiana lawmakers agreed to change the way the state shops for vo…
(The Center Square) – Gov. John Bel Edwards said he will review the implications of the complex tax swap the Louisiana Legislature approved du…
BATON ROUGE, La. — The chance to change police practices in Louisiana did not seem very good when Rep. Ted James presented a resolution to stu…
BATON ROUGE, La. — In the final hour of the session Thursday, the Legislature passed a bill that could slightly raise the state’s unemployment…
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana lawmakers gave final passage Thursday to a bill banning discrimination by state agencies based on an individual’s…
BATON ROUGE, La. - Democratic Rep. Malinda White of Bogalusa tearfully withdrew her domestic violence bill Thursday, a day after a verbal alte…
(The Center Square) – The Louisiana Legislature voted Thursday to redirect most of the state sales taxes on vehicle sales from general spendin…
SHREVEPORT, La -- Amid a struggle to fill jobs and work schedules, Mayor Adrian Perkins wants to raise the minimum wage for workers with the C…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Months after most Louisiana voters agreed to legalize sports betting, lawmakers Thursday gave final passage to rules t…
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana lawmakers gave final passage Thursday to a bill banning discrimination by state agencies based on an individual’s…
BATON ROUGE, La - Democratic Rep. Malinda White of Bogalusa tearfully withdrew her domestic violence bill Thursday, a day after a verbal alter…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's parish tax assessors should be able to give themselves hefty car allowances up to 15% of their annual six-…
BATON ROUGE, La. - A bill to increase the amount paid to people who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes in Louisiana passed the Legislatu…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers Thursday were completing a nine-week legislative session where they spent hefty sums of coronaviru…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A long-recommended proposal to untie Louisiana's income tax collections from federal tax payments won passage Thursday…
BATON ROUGE, La. - Almost two months of highs, lows, debates and agreements comes to an end Thursday with the final day of the 2021 Louisiana …
(The Center Square) – The Louisiana Legislature agreed Wednesday to make kindergarten mandatory for children statewide.
DALLAS (AP) — The Texas bar association is investigating whether state Attorney General Ken Paxton's failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presi…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana won't be expanding the state Supreme Court, after House lawmakers Wednesday blocked debate on the proposal a…
BATON ROUGE, La. - Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed several major spending bills for the 2021-2022 fiscal year, his office announced.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's gambling regulatory chief Mike Noel told the governor Wednesday that he's resigning, preempting a Senate c…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana hunting and fishing license charges will rise next year across an array of commercial and recreational categ…
BATON ROUGE, La. - A bill to regulate advertisements by lawyers seeking clients with problems with drugs or medical devices won final legislat…
BATON ROUGE, La. - A bill that would let Louisiana college athletes cash in on the use of their names, images or other likenesses passed the L…
DALLAS — The Texas Democratic Party on Tuesday announced its largest voter registration drive in its history, an effort to get 2 million Texan…
In ArkLaTex politics for June 8, Sen. Barrow Peacock talks about the three pieces of the sports betting puzzle in Louisiana. Also Tuesday, the…
SHREVEPORT, La -- Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins hopes the third time is the charm for his administration to pass a municipal bond package. B…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A $3.9 billion financing formula to pay for K-12 public schools and give those schools' workers a pay raise in the upc…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers gave final passage Tuesday to a proposal requiring doctors to suggest to women taking the abortion…
BATON ROUGE, La. - Rep. Randal Gaines, a LaPlace Democrat, is launching a task force to review cases of prisoners who were convicted by juries…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Tuesday that state agencies will receive a 3% pay raise to give to their high-pe…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas board that redraws legislative district boundaries every 10 years following the U.S. census has hired a …
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is poised to join more than a dozen other states allowing college athletes to earn cash from endorsements an…
BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. John Bel Edwards announced on Tuesday that he has vetoed House Bill 20, which would have prohibited local elections of…
(The Center Square) – Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed into law an exemption from state income taxes for most COVID-19-related aid programs.
BATON ROUGE, La. - Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a bill that creates a new crime in Louisiana.
