The Latest Breaking News from Louisiana

Soaring car insurance premiums are squeezing American wallets, forcing many to reconsider if owning a car is still affordable.

A federal judge is ordering officials at Louisiana’s penitentiary to increase shade and take other steps to protect prisoners doing agricultural labor from dangerous heat

LNG exports responsible for $957m in total annual US health costs, says new Greenpeace and Sierra Club report

Most Americans will remember 2020 as the year when the pandemic changed everything. But for Lake Charles, Louisiana, and its neighbors along the Gulf Coast, it was also the year of record-setting disasters, when “once-in-a-lifetime” storms hit in such rapid succession that their impacts blurred together.

Jaleen Anderson’s mom is on a quest for details about her son’s death in a Louisiana prison that houses hundreds of Harris County inmates awaiting trial.

British energy firm Drax Global, already facing scrutiny for violating environmental regulations, disclosed this year that its Louisiana wood pellet production facilities emit hazardous air pollutants above permitted limits

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 becomes the first US state to mandate surgical castration for individuals convicted of aggravated sexual assault against children under 13.

Residents of a historic Black community in Louisiana who’ve spent years fighting against a massive grain export facility set to be built on the grounds where their enslaved ancestors once lived appear to have finally halted the project

Learn about the vulnerability of communities to extreme weather events and heat waves post-Hurricane Ida in Louisiana.

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