Louisiana senators John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy introduced a resolution honoring the life of J. Bennett Johnston on April 2, ...

J. Bennett Johnston, a pro-business Democrat who during 24 years in the U.S. Senate steadfastly defended Louisiana’s oil and ...

Johnston, who also served in the Louisiana house and senate, represented Louisiana the U.S. Senate from 1972 until 1997.

Retired U.S. Sen. J. Bennett Johnston has died. He was 92 years old. Johnston was a Democrat and Shreveport native who served ...

The justices will decide whether race or politics was the main factor as Louisiana lawmakers redrew districts for Congress.

Louisiana officials argued Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court that it should retain the state’s two majority-Black ...