The Latest Breaking News from Jeff Landry

Hurricane warnings have been issued for much of the Louisiana coastline with a forecast of heavy rain, strong winds and a severe storm surge, with landfall expected on Wednesday. The US National Hurricane Center on Monday said Tropical Storm Francine was “expected to become a hurricane soon”.

Republicans' noncitizen voting "drumbeat" threatens to "disenfranchise eligible citizens" who tend to vote Democrat

An industrial agricultural company abruptly cancelled an $800 million grain terminal in a historic Black town in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley after facing stiff local opposition and permitting delays

Louisiana’s Governor suggested parents or students uncomfortable with the posters could just turn their eyes away

A slew of legislation passed by Louisiana’s GOP-dominated legislature earlier this year went into effect Thursday

Judge pushed enactment of law to display religious code until November in response to parents’ suit

Kristie Thibodeaux’s gunfire death made news first because it happened in New Orleans’ famous French Quarter

From banning buses to masks to talking about slavery, here are some of the whackiest and most terrifying state laws being pushed in recent years

As a legal battle ensues over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of exactly how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain unclear

Louisiana passed a law requiring all state-funded schools to display the biblical Ten Commandments, prompting lawsuits.

The controversial law marks the first such requirement since the Supreme Court declared similar mandates unconstitutional over 40 years ago.