Our history tells us what hap­pens when a society accepts kill­ing as justice. The death pen­alty has evolved for nearly two centuries, but there is only one real measure of moral progress: not how we ...

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As a long-time death penalty abolitionist, I’ve often compared the death penalty in America to a train with no brakes: Once the machinery starts moving, it becomes extraordinarily difficult to stop.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana lawmakers changed the state’s proposed congressional map again Thursday, after the Senate passed a plan that would reduce the state’s number of majority-Black U.S.

Representative Julia Letlow and John Fleming, the Louisiana state treasurer, advanced to a runoff election next month. Bill Cassidy, Louisiana’s incumbent Republican senator, who had been in Donald ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Sen. Bill Cassidy was decisively defeated in Saturday's Republican primary in Louisiana, unable to convince voters that he deserved another term five years after voting to ...

Today’s a big election day in Louisiana, with important races for the U.S. Senate, constitutional amendments, and other races on the ballot. Click here to see results as they come in, and follow along ...

Two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional map, state senators passed a plan Thursday that would eliminate a majority-Black district while giving Republicans a chance ...

Political Director and Executive Director of Politics and White House, CBS News Fin Daniel Gómez is CBS News' political director and executive director, Politics and White House. In this role, Gómez ...

Republicans in the Louisiana Senate voted early Wednesday to advance a new congressional map that would give the GOP another seat in the House from the state after a recent Supreme Court decision that ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), long targeted by President Trump, is in the fight of his political life. Trump-endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) and state Treasurer John Fleming (R) have their sights set ...

(The Center Square) − A Missouri man has been arrested for manufacturing explosive materials in connection with the New Year’s terrorist attack in New Orleans last year. Jordan Derrick was charged in ...