About 800,000 low-income Louisiana residents won't receive food stamp benefits in November unless Congress reaches a deal to end the government shutdown.

The federal government shutdown continues as the U.S. Agriculture Secretary warns the food stamp program could run out of money in two weeks, with funds drying up.

Louisiana Supreme Court Justice William Crain, who has been appointed to a federal judgeship, kept his divorce records sealed for nearly a year using a new Louisiana judicial privacy law.

Acadian Health’s hospital-at-home program in Louisiana is paused as CMS waivers expire amid the federal government shutdown.

While the blame game in D.C. over the government shutdown gets louder, the effects on the ground so far in Louisiana have been minimal.

U.S. states this week warned food aid recipients that their benefits may not be distributed in November if the federal government shutdown stretches into its fourth week. Warnings issued on at least two dozen state websites flag the potential for an unprecedented benefit gap for more than 41 million people who get aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,