The next steps in the process include preliminary background screenings, interviews conducted by Mayor-President Monique B.

A veteran Louisiana prosecutor whose family was sued over a violent brawl at their popular college bar in Uptown New Orleans successfully petitioned Louisiana State Police to re-investigate the ...

A federal judge has blocked the enforcement of a Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a working police officer after being ordered or asked to step back.

(KLFY) – The search for Lafayette’s next Chief of Police has reached a significant milestone following action taken by the Lafayette Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board during a ...

A federal district court in Louisiana has blocked the state from enforcing a law that ... noting that the police buffer zone law threatened to chill journalists’ newsgathering rights. However, his ...

A federal judge has blocked the enforcement of a Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a working police officer ... reporters’ rights to film and observe ...

(Drew Costley/Verite News) NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a state ... Louisiana attorneys Scott Sternberg and Marcia Suzanne Montero — say the law could interfere ...

Federal Judge Blocks Enforcement of Louisiana's Police 'Buffer-Zone' Law BATON ROUGE ... “buffer zone” also could hinder reporters’ rights to film and observe officers, and therefore ...

In an order issued Friday granting a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge John deGravelles said that the police-buffer law ... over the law approved by the Louisiana Legislature and which ...

Case appears to be first time state prosecutors brought criminal charges against doctor in another state for providing abortion pill New York doctor faces separate civil lawsuit by Texas attorney ...