When Democratic lawmakers left Texas to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state's congressional districts, it marked the latest episode in a long national history of ...

A group of Baton Rouge judges wants a federal court to reopen a 1986 voting rights case, arguing a new 19th JDC election map ...

Texas Republicans are scheduled to reconvene Tuesday after they voted to issue civil arrest warrants for Democrats who fled the state to stop a GOP-led redistricting effort.

The proposal is being circulated at the same time that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he wants to advance partisan ...

The Democratic governor, during an Aug. 4 press conference, vowed to push forward with mid-cycle redistricting should Texas ...

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they do not ...

Authorities in Los Angeles have arrested a man accused of shooting the driver charged with ramming his vehicle into a crowd ...

An Alexandria man has been arrested following a two-vehicle crash that killed a lawn mower operator in Avoyelles Parish.

You've almost certainly heard about (at the very least, from the column that appeared in this space last week on the subject) the mushrooming imbroglio emanating from Texas, in which a special session ...

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin joins Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss the proposed redistricting map being pushed ...

The Supreme Court noted that partisan gerrymandering claims could continue to be decided in state courts under their own ...