Malcolm Alexander had been incarcerated at Angola prison 14 years already when he learned about DNA testing, the thing that ...

If you've ever released balloons into the air in Louisiana, you won't be able to again. What to know about new legislation in ...

Governors typically use the line-item veto to punish wayward legislators. But Jeff Landry's approach to eliminate road and ...

Louisiana’s law orders state agencies and utilities regulators to “prioritize” natural gas, along with nuclear power, on the ...

One of the greatest features of the American system is that the states, or “the laboratories of democracy,” as coined by ...

Five attorneys who run local public defender offices in Louisiana were replaced Tuesday even as the question of  whether they ...

Starting in August, handheld phone use while driving will be illegal in Louisiana. "You’re still allowed to use it hands-free, but we don’t want you to have your phone in your hand while you’re in ...

Last month, when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came to Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge to watch Gov. Jeff Landry ...

A well-known criminal defense lawyer has been tapped to be the top federal prosecutor in the New Orleans area.

An environmental research scientist at Tulane University recently resigned, accusing the state’s top GOP lawmaker and her ...

It will become illegal next month to use a phone while driving in Louisiana unless it’s for hands-free calls or navigation.