Louisiana’s 37 chief public defenders hire and manage lawyers who represent criminal defendants who cannot afford their own ...

The news comes one year after the Louisiana Legislature passed a bill giving the state more power over public defense.

Wyoming's Horse Creek becomes fourth elk feeding ground in state to test positive since January, and Louisiana's Catahoula ...

Last year's hunt yielded perhaps the largest black in Louisiana when Deron Santiny of Lafayette landed the 696-pound male ...

The case is the first wild deer to test positive for the disease outside of Tensas Parish, where it was initially found in the state in 2022.

LDWF has reported a confirmed case of Chronic Wasting Disease in a hunter-harvested white-tailed buck in Catahoula Parish, ...

Last year's hunt yielded perhaps the largest black in Louisiana when Deron Santiny of Lafayette landed the 696-pound male bear in Tensas Parish. Louisiana's black bear population all but ...

who works in Tensas, Madison and East Carroll parishes. Fuller is the president and AndrePont the secretary of the Public Defender Association of Louisiana, which represents hundreds of attorneys ...