Karen Carter

Former broadcaster Helena Moreno has won a special election runoff in District 93 of the Louisiana House of Representatives. WWL-TV of New Orleans reports that according to unofficial results from Saturday's election, Moreno received 1,274, or 56...

It's a rough schedule for Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal - a near daily grind of military helicopter flights or roaring airboat tours to remote steamy marshes and sun-baked barrier islands increasingly endangered by the BP oil spill. Sweeping sticks or fish...

Louisiana's health secretary should have broader discretion to revoke abortion clinic licenses in case of safety and health concerns, the state Senate decided Monday, giving final passage to the proposal. The measure by Rep. Fred Mills, D-Parks, would...

A special election to fill a New Orleans-based seat in the state House of Representatives will be held in May. The vacancy was created when Rep. Karen Carter Peterson, a Democrat, was elected to the state Senate. House Speaker Jim Tucker set the special...

The next big political campaign in the New Orleans area is the race for Mayor. Incumbent Mayor Ray Nagin is term limited and cannot seek re-election. With an open seat, there will be a large list of candidates entering the race. Qualifying does not...

Louisiana's senior U.S. senator supports keeping the Republican U.S. attorney appointed by President Bush to the New Orleans-based district. But some of her fellow Democrats in the city are looking for President-elect Barack Obama to appoint...

Karen Carter Peterson is the new state senator for Senate District 5. Sen. Carter Peterson was sworn in Monday evening during special ceremonies at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Keva Landrum Johnson administered...

Several lawmakers expressed their displeasure about how it's run, but a legislative budget committee finally agreed to let the Recovery School District move ahead with $163 million in repairs to hurricane-damaged schools in New Orleans. The...

District 5 State Senator Cheryl Gray Evans is resigning from the Senate to join her husband who has been stationed at a Navy base in Connecticut since their marriage earlier this year. Her resignation is effective February 5, 2010. In a letter to...

A dispute over public records laws spilled onto the floor of the state House on Tuesday, with lawmakers blasting the actions of the state GOP chairman and at least one Republican legislator asking him to resign. The comments were in response to...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - When opponents of state Rep. Karen Carter Peterson's tobacco tax proposal failed to derail it in the House, Peterson claimed victory online. "LA Healthier Families Act saved from procedural maneuvers designed to kill!" she wrote...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Tax breaks are stalled. Budget cuts are under negotiation. And bans on smoking in bars, hand-held cell phone use while driving and dental work at schools are awaiting their fate. Very little is decided as the Legislature's regular...