A federal judge has rejected a bid by the St. John the Baptist Parish School Board to lift longstanding desegregation orders, the latest instance of courts resisting efforts to summarily dismiss cases ...

A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments Tuesday over Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to post the Ten ...

A Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms is being challenged in ...

A state appellate judge from Tangipahoa Parish announced Wednesday she intends to run for a vacant seat on the Louisiana ...

The justices heard arguments over whether oil companies sued by Louisiana could move the cases from state to federal court, a venue thought to be friendlier to corporate interests.

An appeals court in New Orleans is weighing whether Louisiana and Texas can require public schools to display the Ten ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks alongside federal, state and parish officials during a press conference at the Tangipahoa Parish ...

The Supreme Court on Monday morning grappled with a dispute in Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana over whether oil and gas companies can move a lawsuit seeking to […] The post Court ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has asked the Supreme Court to strike down a racial redistricting law that forced the state legislature to create a second black-majority congressional district.

Local governments are suing oil companies over environmental damage. The companies want the suits moved out of state courts, to friendlier venues.

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on the fate of a lawsuit filed by a Louisiana parish against multiple oil producers over damage to the state’s coastline, marking the high court’s first oral ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a Chevron case that could determine whether Louisiana’s coastal oil lawsuits are decided ...