The DOJ dismissed the case against the Plaquemines Parish School Board, after suing for desegregation in the mid-1960s.

Walking out of prison at age 61, Adams had nothing but the clothes on his back. Louisiana law says because he was wrongly sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit, he’s entitled to money from the ...

Proponents of the bill, including Murril, presented Section 1983 — a federal law — as a viable alternative to seeking ...

A new law creates a buffer zone around working police officers, echoing similar laws across the country that are facing challenges.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - A Louisiana House committee on Wednesday (April 23) advanced a controversial measure that would ...

A crash involving a Massachusetts State Police motorcycle is under investigation in Lexington. The crash happened at about 6:35 a.m. on Cranberry Hill off Massachusetts Avenue. "Preliminary ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — With 4/20, Easter, and spring events like prom and graduation ramping up, Arkansas State Police is urging drivers to think twice before getting behind the wheel impaired.

The Mendez family is suing the City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department, accusing officers of violating their civil rights and traumatizing them and their children — then-9-year-old ...

Rocky Mount police Chief Robert Hassell recently became an appointee of Gov. Josh Stein to the State Emergency Response Commission. William F. West can be reached at bwest@apgenc.com or (252 ...

Louisiana Attorney ... Department’s Civil Rights Division, which is a party to both consent decrees, has not entered any filings since Murrill moved to bring the state into the Cacho and Ocampo ...

Louisiana Attorney General ... The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, which is a party to both consent decrees, has not entered any filings since Murrill moved to bring the state into the ...