A Baton Rouge construction company plans to invest $1.9 million for an expansion project at its Livingston Parish facility.

Three people died in Tangipahoa Parish, two in St. Helena, two in Livingston and one in Rapides, according to authorities. The victims ranged in age from 20 to 93.

A U.S. District judge will soon decide whether Louisiana must add more majority-Black districts to its state legislative map, after civil rights groups argued for that move on Monday. Inside a ...