The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across the South should be eliminated.

A man who has served nearly three decades on death row in Louisiana has had his conviction overturned by a judge.

Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put a man to death, marking the first time the state has used that execution method.

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a lower judge’s ruling Friday.

State officials are warning Americans not to respond to a surge of scam road toll collection texts.

A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas.

Alabama in 2024 became the first state to carry out a nitrogen gas execution.

Republican lawmakers in some states are threatening local officials with lawsuits, fines and jail time if they resist President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has ordered an investigation into security deficiencies and safety measures in place before an Army veteran sped around a police blockade and raced down Bourbon Street, killing 14 New Year’s revelers.

Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences.

A bill signed into law this week makes Louisiana the only state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every classroom in public schools and colleges.

Republicans in Louisiana have swept three runoff races for powerful statewide offices: attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer.