Elections and Voting

3+ hour, 24+ min ago   (314+ words) The numbers driving Williams' objection are striking. HGI recommended a combined $17 million in assessment reductions this year, and Williams is disputing nearly $11 million of that total, per the same report. About two-thirds of the disputed properties are commercial, not residential....

4+ hour, 37+ min ago   (285+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana has restored active status to all voters mistakenly classified as inactive during a database maintenance error Monday that affected about 67,000 people. Trey Williams, deputy secretary of state for communications and policy, told The Center Square the…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (584+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- Jamie Davis secured an endorsement from former Gov. John Bel Edwards as he vies for the Louisiana U.S. Senate seat in the November election. He throws his support behind Davis, whom he described as a leader…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (107+ words) Check out the 2026 Louisiana results for the Senate, House of Representatives and Governor. Fox News is home to all Louisiana midterm elections 2026 coverage. 10 - Authorize a property tax exemption for rehabilitated properties 9 - Increase income limit for senior property tax assessment 8 - Prohibit…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (442+ words) U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, and his wife Laura greet supporters and gave his concession speech Saturday night, May 16, 2026, after election returns showed his loss. U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, speaks to reporters, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at the Capitol after getting…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1114+ words) Here is Scotlandville, which was once its own unincorporated town but is now part of Baton Rouge. It’s a nearly all Black community of 10,000 people that has been, for the second time, shuffled around on the state’s congressional map to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (248+ words) SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Geaux Far Louisiana stopped in Shreveport Sept. 28 to hear from families, providers and policymakers about issues affecting young children. Representatives held a community conversation at the Highland Center as part of Geaux Far Louisiana Week. Members…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (597+ words) Gary Chambers Jr. was directing about 40 volunteers from his bicycle as they piled out of the beds of pickup trucks on a summer night in Louisiana's capital city of Baton Rouge, where temperatures remained near 100 degrees and the humidity was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (511+ words) The president's council has suggested shifting more the costs of disaster cleanup from the federal government to states and local communities. The recommendations mirror statements Trump has made about his desire to push more responsibility for disasters onto states in…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (1662+ words) BATON ROUGE, LA – With a throaty chuckle, Laketa M. Smith informed her friends and colleagues that they would play roles in something she called "Reignite Louisiana." They began jotting down ideas on a whiteboard: create an economic plan that would…...