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May 23, 2022 at 10:54 am

Opponents of federal vaccine mandate seek rehearing

A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its decision allowing the Biden administration to require that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19. Updated 11:02 am

May 20, 2022 at 1:14 pm

Ruling in securities case could mean limits on regulators

A divided federal appeals court panel in New Orleans says a hedge fund manager fined by the Securities and Exchange Commission was unconstitutionally denied his...

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Migrants who had crossed the Rio Grande river into the U.S., remove their shoelaces and others personal items while under custody of National Guard members as they await the arrival of U.S. Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass, Texas, Friday, May 20, 2022. As U.S. officials anxiously waited, many of the migrants crossing the border from Mexico on Friday were oblivious to a pending momentous court ruling on whether to maintain pandemic-related powers that deny a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) EPDL113 EPDL113

May 20, 2022 at 11:09 am

Judge: COVID asylum restrictions must continue on border VIEW

A federal judge in Louisiana is refusing to end pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border.

May 17, 2022 at 4:18 pm

Louisiana bill limiting trans athletes nears governor’s desk

A bill to keep transgender women and girls in Louisiana from competing on college and K-12 women’s and girls’ athletic teams has been approved by...

May 17, 2022 at 1:36 pm

House panel rejects bills restricting lessons on race

A state lawmaker’s attempt to set restrictions on what public schools in Louisiana can teach about race has been rejected by a House committee.

May 12, 2022 at 10:17 pm

Pandemic-era asylum limits in hands of federal judge

A federal judge in Louisiana is considering whether the Biden administration can end pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum.

May 12, 2022 at 7:00 am

No more murder charge for women in Louisiana abortion bill VIEW

The sponsor of a bill that would have subjected Louisiana women to murder charges for having abortions has abruptly pulled the proposal from debate.

May 9, 2022 at 10:13 pm

Non-unanimous verdicts at issue at Louisiana high court

Attorneys for the state of Louisiana have told the state Supreme Court a ban on non-unanimous jury verdicts should not be enforced retroactively to hundreds...

April 28, 2022 at 10:12 pm

Echoes of 2006: Jazz Fest returns to New Orleans for 2022 VIEW

After being silenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is back for the first time in three years.

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FILE – A participant holds a sign at a March to the Border Rally, Sept. 25, 2021, in McAllen, Texas. A federal judge in Louisiana has on Wednesday, April, 27, 2022, ordered the Biden administration to stop phasing out a public health rule that allows the expulsion of migrants without an opportunity to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) NYJO322 NYJO322

April 27, 2022 at 4:42 pm

Federal judge halts preparations for end of US asylum limit

A judge has ordered a two-week halt on the phasing out of pandemic-related restrictions on seeking asylum as the Biden administration prepares for the restrictions...