A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on bail Wednesday after his conviction was overturned earlier this year.

Redistricting wars are inundating the Supreme Court. A decision could come as soon as this week on Texas’s bid to revive its ...

Supreme Court's conservatives are not likely to bar Texas from adding new Republican-leaning voting districts.

The chaos seemed to reach a turning point on April 13, 1873 – Easter Sunday – when dozens of Black people were slaughtered by ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas on Friday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to be allowed to use a congressional ...

The Louisiana House of Representatives began the week with two upcoming vacancies in New Orleans to fill, thanks to the recently wrapped election cycle, and another unexpected opening in Iberville… ...

Louisiana Supreme Court justices William J. Crain, left center, and Cade R. Cole, right, help Justice Piper D. Griffin, with going down the steps at Jackson Square as a procession of legal officials ...

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

A competing measure to make the entire site a natural area, Ballot Question 303, did not receive majority support. Development of the site will include consultation with Indigenous groups, though some ...

It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time for our weekly politics review with the Times Picayune/The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist, Stephanie Grace. She breaks down the upcoming New ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took up a Republican-backed challenge to counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day. Depending how the justices rule, the case could be consequential for ...