WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 ...

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.

Depending on the timing, a Supreme Court ruling that weakens Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination may ...

New Orleans voters officially tapped "jailhouse lawyer" Calvin Duncan as their new Criminal District Clerk of Court in ...

A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the ...

WASHINGTON — How did Proposition 50, the California redistricting ballot measure, pass handily this week when Golden State voters initially disapproved of the measure? “There were any number of people ...

When Louisiana votes next spring in its new closed primaries, registered Republicans will vote for Republican candidates and registered Democrats will vote for Democratic candidates — and a large ...

After the Nov. 4 election sweep by Democrats, I smell a hint of fear in my Republican Party. But some perspective is in order. The wins in California, New York, New Jersey and Virginia happened in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Economic worries were the dominant concern as voters cast ballots for Tuesday’s elections, according to preliminary findings from the AP Voter Poll. The results of the expansive ...