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

Five Louisiana public defenders allege their terminations are retaliation for exercising their First Amendment rights. The ...

The public defenders say they will continue advocating "on behalf of the Public Defense System in opposition to any abuse of ...

Evacuation orders have been issued for a town in western Oklahoma, and thousands of people are without power as a strong windstorm moves through the state.

Sign at the entrance of Haskell Indian Nations University, a public tribal land-grant university in Lawrence, Kansas, founded ...