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Two weeks after Hurricane Laura made landfall as the strongest storm to hit Louisiana, about 75 percent of the power had been restored.
The person who oversees Louisiana’s public health office — and the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic — is leaving his job.
A two-day hearing to decide if the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic warrants an emergency election plan in Louisiana ended Wednesday
Judge to hear the case.
Tiger Stadium at 25 percent capacity would mean a total of about 25,600 fans.
At Tuesday’s press conference at the Louisiana State Police Training Academy in Baton Rouge, Gov. John Bel Edwards talked about voting.
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans unveiled their latest coronavirus relief proposal Tuesday but were met with swift objections.
Thirteen parish school systems have stopped their school year indefinitely due to Hurricane Laura.
It is looking very likely that high school contact sports, specifically football, will begin again soon.
“While rent is due, food needs to be put on the table, and basic expenses have to be met.”
Field representatives who’ve been deployed to interview people who haven’t responded will have to contend with devastated areas.
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ Thursday morning press conference focused on the ongoing coronavirus crisis in Louisiana.
HAMMOND — The FBI is reinvestigating an alleged police brutality incident that involved Hammond Police Chief Edwin Bergeron.
They won’t have reliable access to power, water and sewer services, state officials and health experts said this week.
A day after President Donald Trump’s administration announced a moratorium on evictions for the rest of the year, housing advocates in L ...
The Department of Corrections says there are 9,000 fewer people detained in Louisiana prisons and jails than when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced on Tuesday it would temporarily halt residential evictions.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday said the Trump administration would be open to providing additional aid.
Ever since Hurricane Laura caused a tree to fall through her roof last week, Shykila Miles has been living in what’s left of her home.
The governor says he wants transparency on campuses
