The Latest Breaking News from Louisiana

A new law will make it much harder to film law enforcement officers in their public duties. Does that violate the First Amendment?

Republican lawmakers are undoing bipartisan measures against unjust prison sentences and punitive policies.

Governors say president has ‘done nothing but attack American energy’ and urge end to US fossil-fuel rules and regulations

Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that would allow judges the option to order someone to undergo surgical castration when the person is convicted of a sex crime against a child younger than 13

Among the Americans drafted in 1943 to defeat the Nazis in Europe were young Cajuns from Louisiana, who spoke French as their native language. At the time, society tended to view the Cajun French language as a handicap, and the people who spoke it as second-class citizens. All of that…

Louisiana's controversial law restricting proximity to police officers sparks debate over civil liberties and transparency in policing.

Albert Herrera Machado is accused of being part of a human smuggling and sex trafficking operation spanning several states

Inmates escape from Tangipahoa Parish Jail; one captured, one at large. Connection to deadly home invasion.

Drew Brees says he has a son talking about going to LSU. There could be another Brees dropping back to pass in Louisiana: