Louisiana patients might have to wait until January until medical marijuana products hit the shelves of dispensaries across t...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officers recently nabbed one of their most wanted fugitives — a convict...
NEW ORLEANS – Lottery fever has gripped Louisiana the rest of the country. But while people are snatching up $2 tickets and d...
Federal prosecutors says an armored truck guard who died in bank robbery attempt in New Orleans last year was shot by a co-worker trying to stop the holdup. The New Orleans Advocate reported the ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Another Louisiana diocese follows New Orleans' lead, saying it will release the names of those within th...
State inspectors are calling on the Louisiana Department of Education to strengthen how it inspects child care providers afte...
SMU's recruiting class has taken a hit. Three-star Many (La.) outside linebacker Ni'Kendrick Carter backed out of his verbal ...
BATON ROUGE (AP) - U.S. Sen. John Kennedy says he'll announce whether he's entering the Louisiana governor's race before Dec. ...
The first batch of legal medical marijuana in Louisiana won't be on the shelves until January at the earliest, two months lat...
Back in the ’80s, a Cajun chef named Paul Prudhomme had a hit on his hands and blackened redfish became his trademark. Here i...
FORT POLK, La. (AP) — The Army has identified a woman who apparently was killed on a Louisiana base and found in the trunk of ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Early voting for the Nov. 6 election starts today across the state. Top of the ballot, voters will ch...
Louisiana
State
Louisiana is a state in the Deep South region of the southeastern United States. It is the 31st most extensi…
Louisiana is a state in the Deep South region of the southeastern United States. It is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States. Louisiana is bordered by Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Texas to the west. A large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River. Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties. The state's capital is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans.
- Population: 4.68 million (2017)
- Area: 52,271 sq miles
- Capital: Baton Rouge
- Colleges and universities: Louisiana State University · Tulane University
- Senators: Bill Cassidy · John Kennedy · Ted Kennedy
- Governor: John Bel Edwards
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