Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, arguing that nitrogen gas violates his ...

Louisiana's regular legislative session will deal with largely financial issues. Here's what to expect when it comes to ...

Five years after Louisiana lawmakers swiftly killed an attempt to shield makers of lethal injection drugs, Jeff Landry and ...

Dozens of people gathered on the lawn across from the Governor's Mansion on Sunday afternoon to oppose the nitrogen-gas ...

While Amendment 2 contains some good ideas, our editorial board says it was written in haste, is too complex and contains too ...

Louisiana's similarities to Alabama. The state's execution protocol for nitrogen gas is a near mirror copy of Alabama's, and ...

After initial hesitation, Louisiana’s largest teachers’ union now supports an amendment to the state constitution backed by ...

The news comes one year after the Louisiana Legislature passed a bill giving the state more power over public defense.

Louisiana religious leaders gathered outside the State Capitol to protest the return of the death penalty in our state.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned next week after a ...

Landry is taking a page out of the Trump administration’s playbook, by banning state agencies from automatically renewing ...