As federal and state officials push a hardline immigration agenda in Louisiana, state Republicans have already introduced six ...

Changes to how short-term rentals are taxed have been proposed as well. A bill sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Hilferty, ...

Hundreds gathered at St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter on Wednesday (April 23) for a memorial mass honoring the life ...

Thomy Lafon, born in New Orleans in 1810, earned enough money to become the wealthiest Black man in America. However, being a ...

Unionized nurses at University Medical Center announced Monday (April 21) that they will hold a one-day strike on May 1, ...

The federal government has terminated two grants for African American history and culture awarded to the Whitney Plantation, ...

The South Louisiana ICE Processing Center was the second stop of the day. Earlier, the group visited the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, in Jena, where Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born ...

Fossil fuel interests like carbon capture — it helps them drill more oil and emit less greenhouse gas. Homeowners say, ‘Not ...

Slavery and the Making of Mass Incarceration in New Orleans, 1803-1930" offers a reality check, writes Fatima Shaik.

The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted to nix the program to lower energy consumption and save customers money.

BP paid billions of dollars in damages over the Deepwater Horizon spill. Yet those who say they've suffered health problems ...

The Tulane-led study found people of color in Louisiana were underrepresented in high- and low-paying jobs at chemical plants ...