Federal judge Brian A. Jackson certified the prison labor case as a class action in late December. A lawsuit alleges the "farm line" violates the Eighth Amendment rights of people working there and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Helena Moreno was sworn in as New Orleans’ 63rd mayor on Monday (Jan. 12), making history as the city’s first Hispanic mayor and the second woman to assume the role.

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that federal border agents are pulling out of a Louisiana immigration crackdown and heading to Minneapolis. The shift appeared to signal a wind down of the Louisiana deployment that began in December and had been expected to last into February.

Protesters from local groups gathered to march around the French Quarter to call for federal immigration agents and National Guard members to leave New Orleans.

Members of the mayor’s transition committee on climate and sustainability say the move contradicts their recommendations.

In a brief column for the conservative online outlet Breitbart, Landry directly tied Maduro to opioid deaths in the United States — particularly from fentanyl.

Ahead of the anniversary of the rampage, officials are ramping up security measures. Some 350 National Guard members arrived Tuesday.

Security is tight in New Orleans as people remember the victims of the New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street one year ago.

Tariffs, inflation, and other federal policies have battered U.S. farmers' bottom lines. Now many farmers say the expiration of federal health care subsidies will make their coverage unaffordable.

A report from the Death Penalty Information Center shows Alabama played a key role in executions and new death sentences.