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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards said Friday he intends to call a special legislative session to rebalance the state budget after Louisiana’s midyear deficit was projected to reach $313 million. The state income forecasting panel, known ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two New Orleans inmates held in a north Louisiana jail well past the time their sentences ended could be released as early as Friday. However, attorneys for inmate advocates say they believe there are others in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hundreds of Louisiana families displaced by August’s historic flooding are getting more time to stay in government-subsidized hotel and motel rooms. The Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed Thursday to extend its Transitional Sheltering Assistance program ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s attorney general is touting letters of support from a New Orleans police union, the city’s top prosecutor and the sheriff as he disputes accusations that he’s overstepping his authority with an anti-crime task force. Last ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A suburban New Orleans city has told a judge it won’t enforce its law requiring people who ask for money at traffic intersections to get panhandling permits. Court records show the city of Slidell agreed Tuesday ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards is outlining his defense for Louisiana’s Medicaid expansion, pushing back on Republican work in Congress to dismantle the federal health law that created the program. The Democratic governor planned a Thursday afternoon ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards vowed Wednesday that he won’t allow the budget “to be balanced on the backs of our students,” while later acknowledging that’s more of a long-term aspiration than a pledge he can ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Kennedy called Wednesday on Gov. John Bel Edwards to ban public officials and their family members from receiving flood recovery contracts financed with federal disaster aid. Kennedy, a Republican who took office ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A state appeal court ruling could endanger funding for more than 30 of Louisiana’s 148 public charter schools. Charter schools are public schools operated by independent organizations under agreements approved by state or local education officials. ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s top higher education policymaking board is weighing proposals to cut TOPS payments, consolidate campus administrative functions and give more tuition-raising authority to school governing boards. The recommendations are included in a draft report released ...

MONROE, La. (AP) — A state official says a Louisiana wildlife agent shot multiple times over the weekend while on patrol is responding well to treatment. Patrick Banks, the interim secretary of the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, gave ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards reaches his one-year anniversary in office Wednesday. The Democratic governor knew he was inheriting a massive financial mess when his term began. But that wasn’t the sole crisis to cross his ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal lawsuit accuses Louisiana prison officials of retaliating against an inmate for corresponding with a reporter whose newspaper published a series of stories critical of the state’s corrections department. Monday’s lawsuit says prison officials ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The race to fill Louisiana’s open state treasurer’s seat is underway, with a state lawmaker from St. Tammany Parish saying he’ll be a candidate on the Oct. 14 ballot. Republican Rep. John Schroder announced his ...