Louisiana’s child poverty rate over the past three years leads the nation, according to a new study that attributes the trend to rising costs and expiring public assistance programs. The state also ...
Waiting for the Krewe of Carnivale en Rio to roll in Lafayette one recent Saturday night, I fell into conversation, as Louisiana people do to pass the time, with a fellow parade-goer. This stranger ...
Another study has ranked Louisiana as America's worst state to live in, citing high rates of poverty and poor health among factors determining the ranking. The WalletHub study released Monday compared ...
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana ranks last among the 50 states in the America’s Health Rankings 2025 Annual Report, highlighting ...
A new study ranks Louisiana as the worst state for the highest percentage of at-risk youth, another survey in which the state ranks last in key quality of life metrics. The WalletHub report released ...
A recent state analysis of Louisiana schools reflects what numerous other studies across the country have found: Poverty has a significant impact on student performance. Louisiana Legislative Auditor ...
BATON ROUGE — Nearly one in five Louisiana residents lived in poverty last year. That's according to the latest U.S. Census data, released Thursday, which shows little change in Louisiana's poverty ...
If you want to complain about big government, spend some time looking at the upside of Louisiana’s dependence on Uncle Sam. Checks. Lots of big checks. The extent of our dependence was summarized by ...