A coalition of law enforcement officers from across Louisiana gathered.
Louisiana is among the nation's top energy producing states. It's also among the states most vulnerable to climate change.
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Friday that he vetoed 28 of the 505 bills the Louisiana Legislature sent him.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s ban on third-party ballot collections.
The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources held its first public hearing Tuesday to design new regulations.
The U.S. House voted Tuesday to remove from the Capitol a bust of the late Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney.
The top Republican on the panel, Rep. Mike Johnson, (R-La.), said that the legislation is not needed.
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will not hear the case.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that the Department of Justice is suing the state of Georgia.
Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed legislation this week.
The Biden administration is rewriting how it protects endangered species—making significant shifts.
The Louisiana Legislature passed bills that protect residents and employees who decline the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Department of Justice announced Friday that it is doubling its enforcement attorneys who will work to protect voting rights.
Black employees will not be getting protection against discrimination for wearing their natural hair to work this year.
Gov. John Bel Edwards pushed back on legislative leaders' financial power and targeted conservative lawmakers with 12 vetoes.
Louisiana lawmakers on Thursday made a late-hour deal on legislation to discontinue the $300 federal unemployment supplement.
A redistricting bill that would add two Louisiana Supreme Court seats and allow lawmakers to redraw the entire district map failed.
Even the stuffy, florid name of the procedure, “filibuster” sounds like something conceived around a table of wig-wearing Founding Fathers.
Lawmakers on the Louisiana House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee Thursday voted against a so-called “Jim Crow jury” reform.
The U.S. House voted Wednesday 252-175 to give the go-ahead.
The Louisiana Legislature is close to approving a bill.
A bill that would prohibit race-based discrimination of natural hairstyles narrowly advanced through Civil Law and Procedure.
The Louisiana House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed an amended version of a bill.
House Republicans voted Wednesday to remove U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position.
The Louisiana House tucked $26.6 million for lawmakers' pet projects into the budget plan it approved last Thursday.
The Louisiana House of Representatives voted 68-25 to decriminalize the possession of modest amounts of marijuana across the state.
A bill to reform Louisiana's police officer “bill of rights” narrowly cleared the first half of its legislative journey.
All seven Republicans on the committee opposed it.
Just south of Oil City, where state Rep. Danny McCormick is from, is the predominantly Black city of Shreveport.
A bill that would prohibit race-based discrimination of natural hairstyles inched a step closer to full legislative approval.
Napolitano predictably scorns President Trump’s border successes
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa said Thursday that she backs a move to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position.
A Louisiana legislator pulled his bill to ease access to parole for people who committed murder before the age of 18.
A powerful Louisiana lawmaker is seeking to rearrange the management of the state's troubled public defender system.
A House committee approved a bill Wednesday that an attorney for news organizations said would block the public's access.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is running out of money. The department faces an expected $16 million shortfall.
For the second consecutive legislative session, on Tuesday the Louisiana House passed an elections bill.
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser believes transgender restrictions currently under consideration by the Louisiana Legislature will hurt.
President Joe Biden heralded the country as “on the move again” as he sketched out his expansive vision.
Sen. Mike Fesi, R-Houma, pulled his legislation Tuesday that would have restricted health care for transgender children and teenagers.