A Lafayette woman needed to get a uterine polyp removed so that she could get pregnant. A woman from northwest Louisiana and another from New Orleans wanted to take long-term birth control measures. What do these three women have in common? They all needed misoprostol to soften their cervix before undergoing routine medical procedures, and […]| Louisiana Illuminator
LCMC Health and Ochsner Health System will keep misopristol in a centralized, passcode-protected lockbox on their maternity units.| Louisiana Illuminator
Under a new state law, Louisiana doctors might not be able to quickly access one of the most widely used life-saving medications for pregnant women.| Louisiana Illuminator
A Louisiana law that will require schools to place displays of the Ten Commandments in every classroom is “coercive” and “unconstitutional,” according to a federal judge.| Louisiana Illuminator
A Baton Rouge judge has temporarily prevented the Louisiana Board of Ethics from moving forward with replacing the board’s top employee in response to a lawsuit brought by legislators.| Louisiana Illuminator
Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program will remain in place while most other tax breaks will disappear in state tax structure overhaul.| Louisiana Illuminator
Landry's tax overhaul could reduce income taxes for virtually everyone in Louisiana and eventually increase how much money the state can access over the next five years| Louisiana Illuminator
State Rep. Denise Marcelle missed deadlines for campaign finance reports and personal financial disclosure forms at least eight times since 2009.| Louisiana Illuminator
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump touted policy proposals and traded barbs Tuesday during a presidential debate.| Louisiana Illuminator
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called on his party to force a shutdown if Democrats don’t accept a GOP bill to require an ID to register to vote.| Louisiana Illuminator
The chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said his top priority this November is defending incumbents in Montana and Ohio.| Louisiana Illuminator
Despite many hours of testimony from experts, state lawmakers still haven't heard why auto insurance rates are so much higher in Louisiana than in other states.| Louisiana Illuminator
Donald Trump’s statement that he would vote to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida has unexpectedly elevated the issue in the presidential battle.| Louisiana Illuminator
The first two bills Rep. Steven Jackson authored during his first regular legislative session had an unusual target for a new lawmaker| Louisiana Illuminator
A stalled public records bill that would allow local governments to hide economic project records from citizens is back in play after a narrow vote in the Louisiana Senate.| Louisiana Illuminator
Should private companies be allowed to profit off of veterans by taking a cut of their benefit payments in exchange for “consulting” services?| Louisiana Illuminator
Republican leaders in the Louisiana Legislature started to push for Louisiana to join a new federal summer food program for needy children.| Louisiana Illuminator
Legislation aimed at ensuring in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment continues to be legal in Louisiana in spite of a strict abortion ban has been scuttled over language the state’s powerful anti-abortion lobby refused to remove from the bill.| Louisiana Illuminator
A federal judge has temporarily halted enforcement of new Biden administration rules that would prevent discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.| Louisiana Illuminator
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump pitched to undecided voters Thursday night during the first debate of the presidential campaign.| Louisiana Illuminator
Voters in as many as nine states could sidestep their legislators and directly decide whether to expand access to abortion through citizen-led ballot initiatives.| Louisiana Illuminator
Louisiana legislators spent nearly five months debating, bargaining and deal-making over the course of two special and one regular law-making sessions.| Louisiana Illuminator
Louisiana will move youth incarcerated at its maximum-security adult penitentiary in Angola to a new youth correctional center in the fall.| Louisiana Illuminator
