In Saturday’s runoffs, Aimee McCarron and state Representative Jason Hughes likewise won council seats by big margins. Same for newcomer Calvin Duncan in the hotly contested race for Criminal Court ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has appointed a new commissioner to lead the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control that also ...

A lower court order on Texas’ new congressional map has made its way to the high court. It could be the first of several mid-decade redistricting pushes.

A federal court’s ruling blocking Texas’s new map and fresh setbacks in Utah and California reshaped the mid-decade redistricting fight.

The vote was the latest show of defiance against Trump and his ally, Republican Gov. Mike Braun, who want Republicans to use ...

Gov. Jeff Landry needed a new commissioner of Alcohol and Tobacco Control. He turned to a Democratic legislator for the job.

Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill forcing the Justice Department to release its files on the ...

Depending on the timing, a Supreme Court ruling that weakens Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination may ...

Southwest Louisiana voters rejected several tax proposals on the ballot in the general election Saturday, Nov. 15.

Calvin Duncan's victory marks a remarkable turn for the exonerated man who later became an advocate and an attorney.

A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the ...

Duncan, who takes office in May, said he toured churches in New Orleans East on Sunday with former Councilmember Cynthia ...