The Jefferson Parish Registrar of Voters shut down early voting at the Joseph S. Yenni Building in Elmwood Tuesday after an employee discovered a suspicious liquid stain on an envelope.

We often hear people saying that they choose to sit out the vote,” said M. Christian Green, president of the League of Women Voters of Louisiana. “But that choice has a consequence, and they could find out that,

About 7% of the parish’s registered voters — approximately 11,503 people — had voted at one of three early voting locations, according to Lafayette Parish early voting statistics.

Halloween weekend is finally here, and New Orleans is ready to party. The big picture: It's a marathon, not a sprint, y'all. We've got Halloween on Saturday, the time change Sunday, Día de los Muertos on Monday and then Election Day on Tuesday. Pace yourselves. See our voter guide. Don't miss this New Orleans item that could tighten spending rules. Zoom in: The main event for kids, of course, is trick-or-treating Saturday night. Imperial Woods...

Early voting started Tuesday and is open through Oct. 27, excluding Sunday, Oct. 25. Polls are open from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Early voting locations in East Baton Rouge are Motor Vehicle Building, 2250 Main St.

Jeff Landry is attaching new strings to a lucrative tax break he set up for data centers – and announced he will start calling them “digital factories” – as national polls show voter sentiment souring on the artificial intelligence buildouts during the ongoing midterm elections.

U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana believes he'll keep both his job in Congress and his job as House majority leader following the Nov. 3 midterm elections.