Topic: John Bel Edwards

A Louisiana judge on Thursday ruled against a state trigger law that would have banned nearly all abortions in the wake of the overturning of Roe vs. Wade.

Louisiana's ban on abortion went into effect Friday after a judge lifted a temporary order blocking the state's trigger laws. The court challenges by local abortion providers will be heard in another jurisdiction.

The Supreme Court has issued an order to reinstate Louisiana's Republican-drawn congressional map, freezing a lower court's ruling that the map violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black votes.

A Louisiana judge temporarily blocked a state trigger law that bans abortions following the reversal of Roe v. Wade, after providers filed a lawsuit calling the ban "unconstitutionally vague."

Louisiana's governor signed a new abortion bill Tuesday, which would increase penalties and give the state some of the most restrictive rules in the country.

The Justice Department announced Thursday it is investigating the Louisiana State Police on allegations it uses excess force and employs racially discriminatory policies.

Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Louisiana Monday to promote efforts by President Joe Biden's administration to provide high-speed broadband Internet to rural and low-income American communities.

Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder Thursday announced the creation of a select committee to review the 2019 death of Ronald Greene during a traffic stop.

The oldest living American veteran of World War II died Wednesday at the age of 112.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a posthumous pardon Wednesday for Homer Plessy, who lost an 1896 Supreme Court challenge to the state's segregation laws.