Alabama lawmakers are taking on a new fight: stronger laws to protect animals. HB249 would specifically prohibit the abandonment of a dog or cat and provide a criminal penalty for a violation - Class ...

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

Bills changing unemployment requirements, imposing the death penalty and requiring parental consent for vaccines passed the ...

With the support of Governor Jeff Landry, Louisiana’s Attorney General, Liz Murrill, signaled the state is ready to resume executions.

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — After 15 years, Louisiana has resumed executions and joined three other states in a controversial new method. “Louisiana has decided that when you take a life in certain ...

Alabama agricultural leaders are touting the impact farmers and forestry have on the state. That impact is adding over $77 ...

The legislation would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for those convicted of rape and sodomy in the first degree when the victim is younger than 12.

Louisiana is set to resume executions after a 15-year pause, utilizing the controversial method of nitrogen hypoxia. The ...

HB49, sponsored by Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, stated that a person age 18 or older could face death or life imprisonment if ...

Alabama lawmakers moved forward with a bill allowing the death penalty for child rapists, hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will reassess its 2008 decision that deemed such punishment unconstitutional.

The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an ...