Voters from 15 Mississippi legislative districts will decide special elections this November, if a federal court approves two redistricting maps that lawmakers approved on Wednesday.

While research from the 1990s on minority-opportunity districts did not find consistent turnout effects, more recent analysis ...

The Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the second-degree murder conviction and sentence of life at hard labor ...

A Louisiana appeals court has upheld the second-degree murder conviction of an Opelousas man accused of the slaying of a Lafayette man.

Zachary Adams’ Second Degree Murder conviction and life at hard labor sentence was upheld by the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal for the March 2022 murder of Jalen Walker in ...

Republicans in 15 states propose laws to display the Ten Commandments in schools, sparking constitutional debates.

Ethics Board member Vanessa Guidry-Whipple pushed hard for the home addresses to come down off the board’s website. She ...

The move could affect plans to execute two prisoners in March. "This case has always been about Louisiana’s execution ...

Gwendolyn Rainey founded the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale in 2013 to represent Black women in Carnival. It’s become one of ...

US Supreme Court hears heterosexual woman's case as 'reverse' discrimination cases mount ...

These courts include the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ... have urged the Supreme Court to rule in favor of Ames. Louisiana State University employment law professor William ...