Gov. John Bel Edwards declared June 19, 2020, as Juneteenth Observance Day in Louisiana to celebrate the day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger freed the last remaining enslaved African Americans in Texas by issuing General Order Number 3.
19th Judicial District Court Judge Richard Moore, III ruled in favor of Gov. John Bel Edwards and against Treasurer John Schroder in the lawsuit challenging the transfer of excess dollars from the Unclaimed Property Program to the state general fund.
Gov. John Bel Edwards issued the following statement on the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education’s selection of Dr. Cade Brumley as the new superintendent of Louisiana’s K-12 schools which serve 720,000 students statewide.
Gov. John Bel Edwards signed an executive order postponing Louisiana’s upcoming elections including the presidential primary in response to COVID-19, commonly called the coronavirus.
Gov. John Bel Edwards delivered the 2020 State of the State address before a joint session of the Louisiana Legislature and highlighted his legislative agenda which includes.
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced visual effects and post-production industry leader Crafty Apes has expanded to Baton Rouge under Louisiana’s Entertainment Job Creation Program.
WASHINGTON – Louisiana tort and legal reform advocates are optimistic about the new year, in spite of a few disappointments in 2019, says the head of a state advocacy group.
WASHINGTON – Louisiana's move up to the No. 4 spot in the nation on this year's American Tort Reform Association's Judicial Hellholes list, blamed largely on re-elected Gov. John Bel Edwards, wasn't a surprise to a tort reform advocate earlier today.
BATON ROUGE – With dozens of freshman state legislators, a highly respected new Supreme Court Justice and a governor who narrowly won a second term, politics in Louisiana next year could be a whole new world, a business advocate said.
BATON ROUGE – Gov. John Bel Edwards won his second term in Saturday's hard-fought runoff election but an up-north newspaper's rebuke of him and Louisiana earlier this month still remains, tort reform advocates say.
Nearly 30 years ago, when David Martin Bacon was 24 years old, he shot and killed Leroy Thomas Sr. in a robbery gone wrong. Now, Thomas' daughter wants to know why Bacon was let out of prison.
There has been a dramatic shift in support in the state parishes for Louisiana's Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, who is headed into a runoff next month, a Google developer said in a recent Twitter post.
Gov. John Bel Edwards issued the following statement about Louisiana’s unemployment rate of 4.3 percent, which remains lower than it has been in 11 years.
BATON ROUGE – U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-Alexandria) recently said in a video that Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration has bungled Medicaid expansion, calling it "the biggest debacle" in the Louisiana Department of Health right now and saying he would remake the department if he were to be elected governor.
Gov. John Bel Edwards was notified that President Donald Trump has approved his request for a Major Disaster Declaration for several Louisiana parishes that sustained damage caused by Hurricane Barry.
Louisiana Governor's Office issued the following announcement on Aug. 30.Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) Secretary Shawn D.
