The Department of Justice report on Louisiana State Police offers smart, commonsense improvements, and is not a political hit ...

The ban doesn’t apply to federal waters off the Louisiana coast, but state Attorney General Liz Murrill is challenging the ...

A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments about a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.

A three-judge panel heard oral arguments about a Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public classrooms.

Last fall, a federal judge called the law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments unconstitutional. On Thursday, an appeals court will take up the case.

A law requiring the religious text to be displayed in all public classrooms was struck down by a lower court judge in ...

When I heard the news of the DOJ backing away from its position in the Callais redistricting case out of Louisiana before the Supreme Court, I realized that I had failed to link to this important ...

If you’ve read for The Hayride for a while, then you probably know that Congressman Troy Carter (LA-2) is one of Louisiana’s ...

AP calls Louisiana House District 6 for Cleo Fields. Nov 5 • 11:33 PM ET AP calls Louisiana House District 2 for Troy Carter. Nov 5 • 11:16 PM ET AP calls Louisiana House District 1 for Steve ...

The fatal 2019 arrest of unarmed Black motorist Ronald Greene and its aftermath demonstrated serious failures at Louisiana State Police like the use of excessive force and breakdowns in ...