The case before the Supreme Court involves a state voting law that pits minority voter protections against the Equal ...

(CNN) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday in a years-old, messy legal battle over Louisiana’s congressional districts that could have nationwide implications for how states ...

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave lawmakers in Louisiana a deadline of early 2024 to draw a new map or face the possibility of a court-imposed map. The state complied and drew a new map.

The Supreme Court seems closely divided over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which added a second Black majority district. Several of the court’s conservative justices suggested Monday t ...

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Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions after a 15-year hiatus.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has said the state intends to carry out death ... were convicted and sentenced to death. Daniel Blank has confessed to killing six people in the River ...

Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order to replace the name "Gulf of Mexico" with "Gulf of America" in state documents and maps, following President Donald Trump's executive order.

The Louisiana Department of Health failed to properly oversee some $2.4 billion in Medicaid spending aimed at improving the health of the state’s neediest patients, according to a new report ...

DALE BRANCH WILL TAKE OVER AS STAT Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced that the interim commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles will be Bryan Adams, the state fire marshal. This comes after ...