President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration agenda — including a pledge to deport 20 million people — is sowing fear and uncertainty in Louisiana’s migrant enclaves, from working-class neighborhoods outside New Orleans to the crawfish ponds of Acadiana.
If Trump’s order survives the legal challenges it faces, Jan Moller with Invest in Louisiana says Governor Jeff Landry’s fears of financial instability in state government would become reality.
Donald R. Johnson, a state district court judge, signed a one-page order Thursday putting Ken Levy back in the classroom. The return might be short-lived; Johnson set a hearing for Feb. 10, during or after which he could decide that Levy should again be barred from teaching. The Louisiana Illuminator reported the ruling earlier.
President Trump signed an executive order freezing federal aid programs and asked the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review all federal funding disbursements until further notice.
After President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a pause to federal ... and many other state and city health agencies, the Louisiana Department of Health is mostly federally funded.
Congressman Troy Carter, Sr. Louisiana Democratic Party Chair Randal Gaines released the following statement Wednesday. “Donald Trump’s demand to block federal funding is a direct attack on ...
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry says the “Make America Great Again” flag will be raised at the governor’s mansion in honor of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
When the doors opened, dozens of men and women were ushered to a reception center where first they were greeted by Guatemalan Vice President Karin Herrera and other officials.
WASHINGTON — Louisiana Republicans saw the inauguration of Donald Trump as president for a second time as a “new day” for the state and the nation. Gov. Jeff Landry, who flew back to ...
A federal judge Tuesday blocked the Trump administration’s sweeping pause on federal funding until at least Feb. 3 after the new White House policy caused significant disruptions to programs that fund schools,
Three of President Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees faced sharp questions in the Senate during hearings Thursday from Democrats as well as several Republican senators in what amounted to the most direct skepticism from GOP senators over Trump’s nominees to date.