MORE 80S HERE ON OUT. AND I DO THINK SOME OF US WILL REACH 90 DEGREES THIS WEEK. JUST G Louisiana State Police are investigating a deadly crash involving a cyclist in Plaquemines Parish.

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death Tuesday evening in the state's first execution in 15 years. Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to execute a person ...

A convicted murderer and rapist in Louisiana was executed by nitrogen gas Tuesday night, marking the state’s first death row killing in 15 years — and the first time the lethal method was used ...

Louisiana voters soundly rejected all four proposed amendments to the state constitution on Saturday, shutting the door on changes to courts, government finances, teacher pay increases ...

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DALE BRANCH WILL TAKE OVER AS STAT Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced that the interim commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles will be Bryan Adams, the state fire marshal. This comes after ...

Louisiana State Rep. Mandie Landry, a New Orleans Democrat, posted Saturday night on social media just one word: "Destroyed." ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced a hiring freeze throughout Louisiana state government Wednesday, a sign of difficult times ahead as lawmakers prepare to draw up the state budget. The legislature will ...

Then Landry crisscrossed the state stumping for Amendment 2, a revision to Article VII of the Louisiana Constitution which governs state finances. He promoted it as a pivotal piece to an expansive ...

The graduate of Pennsylvania State University can be reached at j.miller@newsweek.com. Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward next week after a federal appeals court ...

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions after a 15-year hiatus.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has said the state intends to carry out death sentences for at least four condemned people this year. There are 55 men and one woman facing the death penalty ...