Louisiana's congressional map with two majority-black districts faces a constitutional challenge that Attorney General Liz Murrill says violates equal protection.

The state's goal is to prioritize carbon capture projects and incorporate more local input in the regulatory process.

Louisiana Solictor General Hashim Mooppan, in an exchange with Justice Sotomayor, expands on the question discussed by the plaintiff about the difference between racial and partisan gerrymandering during a Supreme Court case about the state's new district map.

No Democrat holds a statewide elected office in Louisiana, where President Trump had landslide support in his 2024 election.

A man is dead after he was hit by a car on Beltway 8 while he was running away from a stolen vehicle out of Louisiana, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said.

Justice Samuel Alito drilled down on whether race is a proxy for partisan affiliation, during an oral argument Wednesday in a case on whether Louisiana's congressional districts are racially gerrymandered.

Gov. Jeff Landry declared a moratorium Wednesday on new applications for carbon capture injection wells in Louisiana and wants state regulators to prioritize review of the more than 30 applications already before them.