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Citing a desire to make Louisiana safer, a Lafayette man who headed up the U.S. Marshals Service and served as the Western District's first African American U.S. attorney is now considering a run for governor in 2023.

A request by Louisiana legislative leaders to extend the deadline for completing a new congressional map—that must include a second majority-Black district—was rejected by a federal judge today.

The speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives is giving members the day off today despite complaints he will take to a federal judge

Louisiana’s legislative leaders are asking for at least 10 more days to comply with a federal judge’s order to redraw congressional districts so two have black majorities. Today, the judge scheduled a hearing on that request for Thursday.

Parallel inquiries into State Police activities on the legislative and federal levels helped drive the politics of the Capitol this past spring.

A federal appeals court has lifted its hold on Louisiana’s congressional redistricting. The ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means a special session can start Wednesday for a remap ordered by a district judge.

Louisiana is expected to adopt a new set of rules for nursing home emergency preparedness under legislation Gov. John Bel Edwards’

Three subsidiaries of Westlake Chemical on Thursday settled allegations that they violated federal and state pollution control laws. 

More than a year after the April 2021 Seacor Power lift boat tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico, legal changes may be on the way that could have lasting effects on the Jones Act, reports Legal Reader.

The Louisiana Legislature is planning to ask Gov. John Bel Edwards to rescind his call for a special session to redraw Louisiana’s congressional boundary line