Within 24 hours of Gov. Jeff Landry’s decision to declare a state of emergency and suspend Louisiana’s congressional primary elections, candidates and civil rights groups had already filed multiple lawsuits to stop the change.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices determined that the state must draw a new map and paved the way for other states to diminish power of minority voters at the ballot box.

Since 2022, CWD has slowly but steadily crept across the state, with just over 50 cases detected in five other parishes in the northern part of the state.

Louisiana Republicans have eliminated an elected position days before an exoneree who overwhelmingly won the New Orleans-based clerk seat was set to take office. Republicans say wiping away the office is a consolidation effort meant to make the local judicial system more efficient and cut costs.

A federal appeals court granted Louisiana’s request to pause 2023 FDA rules allowing mifepristone to be prescribed remotely and dispensed through the mail while the case moves forward.

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball team split a tightly-contested doubleheader with South Alabama on the final day of the regular season

On the first day of early voting, some glimpses of voter bewilderment came into focus, part of a dizzying scramble playing out days after a major Supreme Court ruling.

Louisiana Sheriff Susan Hutson was indicted on 30 counts, including obstruction of justice and malfeasance, stemming from a major New Orleans jailbreak.