Topic: John Bel Edwards

Lawmakers in Louisiana approved the state's new congressional map Friday which increases the total number of majority-Black districts to comply with a previous court ruling.

A massive 158-vehicle pile-up in dense fog on a Louisiana interstate killed at least seven people Monday and injured more than 25 others, according to police.

Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry has been elected the 57th governor of Louisiana, succeeding Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards, official results showed Sunday.

Saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico is threatening to impact the drinking water supply in the New Orleans area, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to barge 36 million gallons of freshwater.

Municipal leaders across the U.S. are prioritizing projects to improve roads, repair bridges, remove lead water lines and deliver high-speed Internet to underserved communities with bipartisan infrastructure funds.

Adding its name to a growing chorus of voices, carbon abatement company Milestone Carbon said Tuesday it launched plans to build a carbon capture and sequestration facility in Louisiana.

The White House said Wednesday it moved one step closer to meeting its offshore wind energy goals by announcing the first lease sale for developments in the Gulf of Mexico.

A Louisiana judge on Thursday ruled against a state trigger law that would have banned nearly all abortions in the wake of the overturning of Roe vs. Wade.

Louisiana's ban on abortion went into effect Friday after a judge lifted a temporary order blocking the state's trigger laws. The court challenges by local abortion providers will be heard in another jurisdiction.

The Supreme Court has issued an order to reinstate Louisiana's Republican-drawn congressional map, freezing a lower court's ruling that the map violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black votes.