Tag: state officials
Supreme Court takes up Louisiana racial gerrymandering dispute
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide a thorny legal dispute from Louisiana involving the state's effort to draw a...
Judge blocks further sweeps of homeless camp in New Orleans ahead of Taylor Swift concerts
A judge in Louisiana has temporarily blocked further efforts by state officials to clear homeless encampments in New Orleans — stalling a push...
Alabama has executed Alan Eugene Miller, the second inmate known to die by nitrogen gas
Alan Eugene Miller was executed Thursday evening in Alabama, state officials said, making him the second inmate known to die by nitrogen hypoxia,...
With torrential rain forecast for SC, are dams safer than in 2015? Here’s what we know
Nearly a decade after dams broke across South Carolina from an historic rainstorm, government officials are hoping their efforts since then have been...
2 men were arrested on public road within Oprah's Hawaii ranch. They're suspected of illegal hunting
KULA, Hawaii (AP) — Two men arrested last month on a public road within Oprah Winfrey 's property on the Hawaiian island of...