It will take days for major floodwaters to work their way south through the Mississippi. Flooding will persist through April.

Fifth Louisiana Levee District President Reynold Minsky said he already has triggered the flood fight as Mississippi River ...

The decision halts nearly all work related to the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, which has been planned and studied for ...

A group of Republican senators is renewing their push to criminalize leaks from the U.S. Supreme Court, introducing legislation aimed at imposing strict penalties on those who disclose confidential ...

Supreme Court Seems Divided Over Louisiana Case of Congressional Map With 2 Black Majority Seats WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday over a challenge to Louisiana ...

The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with whether or not to send Louisiana legislators back to the drawing board in a high-stakes dispute over the Voting Rights Act and an election map with two ...

“Midway through this decade, neither Louisiana nor its citizens know what congressional map they can call home.” The case, Louisiana v. Callais, tees up a series of important questions that ...

VIDALIA, La. — Early voting in the March 29 primary election for the State of Louisiana began on Saturday, March 15, and continues through this Saturday, March 22. Concordia Parish is one of 23 ...

Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma specifically authorize execution by nitrogen hypoxia, according to records compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center. Arkansas was added to the ...

Currently, four states — Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma — specifically authorize execution by nitrogen hypoxia, according to records compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center.

Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. Alabama became the first state last year to specifically authorize such an execution in the US since lethal injection was first introduced in 1982. That execution ...