Republican lawmakers hope a plan to push back Louisiana's April primary elections will eventually give them a chance to draw a new congressional map.

About 800,000 low-income Louisiana residents won't receive food stamp benefits in November unless Congress reaches a deal to end the government shutdown.

A staff reorganization underway at the state’s child welfare agency will move employees from supervisory and desk jobs to field work on abuse and neglect cases. But the changes are also leading to questions about who will answer calls to its 24-hour hotline after nearly all current operators are moved to different positions at regional

Louisiana ranks 20th in the nation for HPV vaccinations among adolescents with 66.2% of 13 to 17-year-olds in the state who received all of the recommended doses of the HPV vaccine in 2023, according to America's Health Rankings data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The map showed levels of fine particle (PM2.5) pollution in the "unhealthy" category spanning communities east and south of Baton Rouge, including over Gonzales, Albany, Donaldsonville, Killian, Independence, Montpelier, and Pine Grove.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Hundreds of thousands of Louisiana families will not receive SNAP benefits in November due to the ongoing government shutdown in Washington, state officials announced.

College sports powerhouses have guarded athlete salary records from the public and their competitors, blocking open records requests.