Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrell is defending herself and Governor Jeff Landry against accusations that they are trying to take over the city of New Orleans’s finances.

Louisiana’s Republican leaders chastised Loyola University on Tuesday after its student government association declined to formally recognize a campus chapter of Turning Point USA, a conservative political student group founded by the late Charlie Kirk.

The state of Louisiana has begun the process for a potential takeover of the city of New Orleans’ finances. The news came Tuesday in an agenda posted for a meeting of the state’s Fiscal Review Committee.

A push by top state officials that could have led to a takeover of the city of New Orleans’ finances has stalled after city leaders on Wednesday withdrew a request to borrow $125 million to address a massive 2025 budget shortfall.

New Orleans city officials Oct. 29 dropped their plan to ask for a short-term $125 million dollar stopgap loan through the end of the year after Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration

Facing the threat of missed payrolls, city leaders seek emergency funding — but Landry urges lawmakers to deny the loan.

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Landry said that over the past 20 months, he and the Legislature have worked to establish fiscal stability through tax reform, reduced insurance costs and economic revitalization.

BATON ROUGE, La. (KMSS/KTAL) – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Tuesday launched an initiative aimed at addressing censorship on social media platforms. As part of the initiative, the official websites ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans City Council on Wednesday (Oct. 29) withdrew its request for an emergency $125 million bond loan from the state, balking at a demand by Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration to indefinitely control the city’s finances.