Politics

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren offered a public apology Monday to Native Americans over her past claim to tribal heritage, directly tackling an area that's proved to be a big political liability.

Current Mayor-President Candidate Carlee Alm-Labar appears to have been very involved with the council vote.

H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died.

The decision means the earlier ruling on the home rule charter stands.

After two days of intense criticism, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reversed course Thursday and declared that he no longer supports a long-standing congressional ban on using federal health care money to pay for abortions.

Louisiana will shuffle election dates in 2020, moving the presidential primary from March to April because of Easter-related scheduling conflicts.

President Donald Trump says he will be announcing his reelection campaign next month in Orlando, Florida.

A flood of laws banning abortions in Republican-run states has handed Democrats a political weapon heading into next year's elections

Stay up to date on election results on the Sheriff's Tax and Teche Vermillion tax renewal as they come in.

A Louisiana state senator used a bill to expand a voluntary statewide immunization database to push a long-debunked theory linking vaccines to autism.

Senator Maureen Walsh made waves the past few days after her comment saying "nurses play cards all day" went viral. Today, she issued an apology for those comments...kind of...I think.

Senator Maureen Walsh, I know nurses quite well. You clearly do not and have no idea how badly you've stepped in it.

A redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the investigation into Russian hacking and tampering with the 2016 presidential campaigns and election is now available.

Louisiana political leaders are keeping a close eye on the developing situation in Venezuela

A call to the WAFB newsroom confirmed the change.

House Republicans who have spent the last two years arguing that there was bias in President Barack Obama's Justice Department have subpoenaed two key witnesses in the final weeks of their majority — former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

Hold the phone, you can't start playing online fantasy sports in Louisiana just yet.

Online sports betting, and tax measures for the courthouse and the jail.

Republicans retained control of the Senate on Tuesday, ousting Democratic incumbents in Indiana and North Dakota

State Representative Bob Hensgens (REP) has won the 3-person race to replace Jonathan Perry for Senate District #26.