States must balance complying with a civil rights law that protects the voting power of a racial minority while not discriminating against other voters.

Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order Thursday that directs state agencies to change all references to the ...

In the hours leading up to Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute ...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed legislation allowing the state to carry out executions using nitrogen gas ...

The reactions are involuntary movements associated with oxygen deprivation, state officials have said. Currently, four states — Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma — specifically ...

The Supreme Court grappled with whether or not to send Louisiana legislators back to the drawing board in a high-stakes ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an ...

The Supreme Court grappled Monday with a years-old, messy legal battle over Louisiana’s congressional districts during an oral argument in which several of the court’s conservatives questioned whether ...