House Speaker Mike Johnson proposed a stopgap funding bill to maintain current federal spending levels through September 30.

Two Louisiana Republican state senators will be introducing a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would ban the use of fluoride in drinking water throughout the state.

Rather than trepidation, Louisiana’s most health-vulnerable residents should feel elation that the Republican Congress is talking about changing Medicaid reimbursement rules for states. As part of federal government right-sizing discussions,

House Speaker Mike Johnson pulled off an unexpected last-minute victory as he passed President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda by a single vote.

Louisiana officials decided to resume carrying ... proceed with a new nitrogen gas execution protocol after the state's GOP-dominated Legislature last year expanded death row execution methods ...

The nonpartisan bookkeeper said there’s no other way to cut $1.5 trillion from the budget over the next decade.

Green was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and attended Florida A&M University, Howard University, and the Tuskegee Institute.

It has been a busy week in the news cycle for the Shreveport-Bossier area. And if you need a refresher on what you missed, here are the top five stories from the Shreveport Times. A Shreveport man was fatally struck by an 18-wheeler on I-20 Saturday, March 1. The victim was later identified as Darryl Ray Ware II, 31.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) just cast the deciding vote for President Donald Trump’s budget bill on behalf on Rep. David Schweikert (R-Arizona). Schweikert handed Johnson his voting card. Johnson cast the vote, and handed it back. That was the vote that put Republicans over the top.