A north Louisiana district judge has died following an undisclosed illness. District Attorney Schuyler Marvin, whose office covers Bossier and Webster parishes, confirmed Wednesday that state District Judge Lane Pittard passed away overnight at his home, KTBS-TV reported. He was 66. For more than a decade, Pittard served as the …
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A federal appeals court refused Friday to reconsider its ruling giving the Louisiana Legislature until Jan. 15 to enact a new congressional map after a lower court found that the current political boundaries dilute the power of the state’s Black voters. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a …
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Our homestatesof Texas and Louisiana have a simple request ofCongress: Let us follow Utah’s lead. For nearly 25 years, Utah has integrated federal workforce development and safety net programs, with an innovative model that quickly moves peoplefromwelfareto work. YetCongressbans otherstatesfromtaking this road, leading to more people onwelfareand workforce programs that …
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A suspect in Hamas’ October 2023 terror attack against Israel that sparked a two-year war between the two sides has been formally charged in federal court. Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub al-Muhtadi, who has been living in Louisiana, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Lafayette for conspiring to support a …
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FIRST ON FOX: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is sounding alarms to the Trump administration after a man allegedly involved in the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack in Israel was arrested in Louisiana. Scalise led Republicans in his state’s delegation, including Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in a letter to …
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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is putting criminal illegal migrants on notice with an ad promoting “Louisiana Lockup,” a detention facility built inside the nation’s largest maximum-security prison. The ad highlights Louisiana’s push to combat crimes committed by illegal immigrants. Landry said the facility will hold migrants convicted of serious offenses …
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sparked debate Wednesday after she invoked the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) during oral arguments to illustrate how the government can remedy discrimination — an exchange that quickly took off on social media, where some critics accused her of comparing Black voters to disabled …
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