Louisiana News

Editor's note: As part of the 72nd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor we are republishing some articles from The Times-Picayune of that week.

The Project Vote lawyers and plaintiffs who are challenging Louisiana over its failure to help public assistance applicants register to vote.

Judge Martin Feldman ruled in the case of Robicheaux v. Caldwell that he lacked jurisdiction to hear the suit because the named defendant, Louisiana Attorney General James Caldwell, had not actually denied the plaintiffs legal recognition of their marriage.

EPA assigns colors to each Air Quality Index category to make it easier for people to understand quickly whether air pollution is reaching unhealthy levels in their communities.

Louisiana ArtWorks, the $25 million art studio complex on Howard Avenue that for years has remained a real estate white elephant, is for sale.

US based banking and financial services firm JPMorgan Chase has warned its prepaid card users that personal information of about 465,000 accounts may have been accessed following a cyber attack on its network in July.

St. Martin Parish- Last night, Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a single vehicle crash on LA Highway 96 near Duchamp Road which claimed the life of a St. Martinville man.

The number of people in US prisons fell in 2012 by around 30,000, the third consecutive fall in as many years: budget difficulties mean that states can no longer afford incarceration for every offence, and at local level Republicans and Democrats are, unusually, unanimous on the need to decongest prisons.

One of the good things about the glut of art at fairs is the chance to make unexpected visual connections - to watch sparks fly between artworks you'd never otherwise see together.

Louisiana State Police say a 29-year-old Texas man driving an 18-wheeler in Sabine Parish was killed when he was ejected during a crash.

Investigators working on the murder of Lindsay Ellixson, 21, filed additional charges against a man whose home they searched Wednesday.

Royal Dutch Shell has decided to abandon plans to build a massive $12.5 billion plant in Louisiana that would have turned natural gas into liquid fuels like diesel.

CAMP - SMINDEN - More than two years after breaking ground on the Armed Forces Reserve Center , the Louisiana National Guard, elected officials and contributing and supporting parties celebrated the completion during a Wednesday ceremony.

The options are plentiful this weekend in Central Louisiana. Take a drive to Natchitoches, or stay in town -- it won't be hard to find something to do.

Louisiana's state school board has backed a two-year delay for some consequences tied to the phase-in of more rigorous educational standards, called Common Core, at public schools.

About 13,500 Louisiana residents could have had their personal information compromised because of a security problem involving state-issued debit cards.

The former commander of a drug task force in Morehouse Parish has been arrested on charges that he stole seized money from evidence.

Newly elected Rep. Vance McAllister , R-Swartz, didn't get his first committee choice, but proclaimed himself excited about his appointment Wednesday to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committees.

Louisiana ArtWorks, the $25 million art studio complex on Howard Avenue that for years has remained a real estate white elephant, is for sale.

The Iberia Parish Sherriff's Department arrested Kenneth Trimble at the Inn Of Iberia, on a fugitive warrant issued by the Louisiana Department of Corrections.