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.

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

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) on Tuesday was the only House member to vote against a bill that will order the Justice Department ...

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

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

Donald Trump is known for bestowing insulting nicknames. But so far he's avoided handing them out to Georgia's most prominent politicians.

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 ...

Calvin Duncan, wrongfully convicted for decades, wins New Orleans criminal court clerk race, aiming to modernize and protect ...