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BATON ROUGE -- Gov. John Bel Edwards on Friday issued a call for a special session of the Louisiana Legislature to address the $304 million budget shortfall for the current fiscal year. The special session will convene at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13 and conclude by midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 22.

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BATON ROUGE -- Louisiana Economic Development estimates the August 2016 Louisiana Flood caused $8.7 billion in damage to Louisiana residential and commercial properties, with damage to businesses in the state exceeding $2 billion. Those figures do not include damage to the state’s public inf…

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LAFAYETTE -- Gov. John Bel Edwards joined Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) Secretary Shawn Wilson and local elected officials this week to highlight a major transportation project set to begin between the I-10/I-49 interchange and the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. La…

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BATON ROUGE -- Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday ordered the flags of the United States and the state of Louisiana to be flown at half-staff over the State Capitol and all public buildings in Louisiana until sunset on Monday, July 25, 2016 to honor the lives of the six law enforcement officers…

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BATON ROUGE -- More than 235,000 adults have received their health insurance cards and can begin receiving health care services as part of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ plan to expand Medicaid in Louisiana.

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BATON ROUGE -- Gov. John Bel Edwards’ signature of House Bill No. 702 and Senate Bill No. 227 Wednesday paves the way for the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) to begin implementing the final steps required for the state to issue REAL ID compliant and non-compliant drivers’ licenses a…

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