Louisiana state lawmakers could potentially head back to Baton Rouge for a special session on the state’s congressional maps.

Writing that it “wants out of this abhorrent system of racial discrimination,” Louisiana on Wednesday told the Supreme Court in the case of Louisiana v. Callais to leave in place a ruling by a ...

Louisiana is asking the Supreme Court to gut the central provision of the Voting Rights Act and ban any use of race in redistricting. In a legal brief filed Wednesday, the state urged the court to ...

WASHINGTON – Louisiana is now urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule a key section of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional, which would throw out the state's congressional map that has two ...

Louisiana knows how to put on a feast, and nowhere is that more obvious than at its legendary seafood buffets. Piled high ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...

Cole Bergeron threw for three touchdown passes in St. Thomas More's 24-3 win over Cecilia at the Kiwanis Club Jamboree in Lafayette / SCOTT CLAUSE/USA TODAY Network / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus (LLBC) and some state lawmakers have sued Attorney General Liz Murrill. They claim she overstepped her authority in a case ...

The Trump administration is opening a new detention camp within a notorious state prison in Louisiana to house undocumented migrants accused of committing crimes, officials announced Wednesday. The ...

Hunters and competitive shooters will get a break on a variety of purchases this weekend during the Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday, which runs Friday through Sunday. The tax exemption only ...

WASHINGTON — Louisiana on Wednesday abandoned its defense of a political map that elected two Black members of Congress and instead called on the Supreme Court to reject any consideration of race in ...