Turnout for the presidential race in Louisiana furthered a disturbing trend toward less overall voter participation.

Republican Baton Rouge Mayor-elect Sid Edwards was a political novice and high school football coach before his election.

Even in Louisiana politics, two years before an election is unusually early for an incumbent U.S. senator to pick up a ...

Voters in Ascension Parish will have the chance to choose who they want to fill multiple positions including mayor of ...

Winning 54% of the vote, Edwards — a high school football coach — is the first Republican candidate to be elected ...

President-elect Trump is responding to a decision made by Webb County Judge, Tano Tijerina, to switch from the Democratic to ...

Sen. John Kennedy’s folksy patter can be funny, often offensive and occasionally contrived. But the Louisiana Republican on ...

Photo: Alamy President Donald Trump celebrated major wins for the GOP this week, including two lawmakers switching from the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats failed Wednesday to confirm a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board after independent Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema opposed the nomination, ...

In at least two dozen states with laws restricting or banning transgender care for minors. The Supreme Court will focus on ...

Trump has promised his base that his administration will enact mass deportations of people living in the country illegally.

Warnings have been popping up on social media urging women who might be considering divorce to “pull the trigger” while they ...