Beginning in 2021, a series of landmark settlements with the manufacturers, marketers and distributors of opioids set off a ...

The Republican Party of Louisiana’s leadership faced backlash this week after endorsing candidates in Louisiana’s two ...

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A year after the Smitty’s Supply explosion dispersed millions of gallons of oil and chemicals in Tangipahoa Parish, ...

Ascension Parish residents and environmental groups are voicing concerns over the speed at which the Hyundai steel mill project in Donaldsonville is moving forward. The 1,700-acre facility is set to ...

The head of Louisiana’s network of workforce training institutions said the thousands of jobs accompanying the new Space X launch facility in Southwest Louisiana will win over critics who have ...

This week’s announcement of SpaceX’s plans to build a rocket launchport in coastal Vermilion Parish has me recalling the heyday of space exploration just before and during my early years. Even when ...

ABBEVILLE — Following months of rumors, SpaceX confirmed Tuesday that it’s building a $100 billion self-sustaining spaceport in Vermilion Parish, marking what state officials say is the largest ...

Libby Smith Nehrbass of Lafayette holds up a sign that reads, “Paradise Lost,” to protest SpaceX’s announcement of Spacebase Louisiana in Vermilion Parish. She and her husband, who own a hunting and ...

A private equity firm that has given more than $200,000 in campaign contributions to Louisiana Public Service Commission members won unanimous approval from the commission Wednesday to purchase ...

Nearly every athletic department at Louisiana’s public universities is bleeding money, impacting the fiscal health of the rest of the school. The situation has athletics administrators eyeing ways to ...