Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Thursday his forthcoming employment by a New Orleans-based law firm. Edwards, who leaves office on Jan. 8, will assume a special counsel position ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Louisiana escaped the worst of the damage feared from Hurricane Laura after it made landfall early Thursday morning as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, but Gov. John Bel ...

The outgoing governor of Louisiana has pardoned 56 inmates since October of this year, including dozens of convicted murderers. With a staggering 1,094 people per 100,000 in some form of incarceration ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is being recruited by national Democrats to run in the 2026 Senate race against Republican ...

Former Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has endorse his former policy adviser Nick Albares in the U.S. Senate race.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After much speculation, John Bel Edwards — a Democrat who defied near-universal predictions by being elected governor twice in the reliably red state of Louisiana — announced ...

Louisiana’s outgoing Democratic governor pardoned 40 convicted murderers since October including one of whom had been on death row and another who fatally stabbed a woman 39 times. Gov. John Bel ...

WASHINGTON – Louisiana Democratic Party Chair Randal L. Gaines said Monday he’d like to see former Gov. John Bel Edwards as vice president on the ticket with Kamala Harris — though he acknowledges ...