La. to name its first Black Supreme Court chief justice
By J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Writer On Tuesday, October 16, the Louisiana Supreme Court attempted to circumvent an imminent loss in a federal lawsuit regarding
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Residents of the Jefferson Parish town of Jean Lafitte, 25 miles south of New Orleans, hope a levee can be built soon after they were inundated by ... Jindal seeks to redirect hurricane relief funding
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is seeking to shore up the state’s early childhood education program for low-income preschoolers by diverting $20 million in federal disaster aid to ... La. HBCUs receive federal dollars
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Six historically Black colleges and universities in Louisiana will receive almost $20 million in new federal funding as part of an overall Education Department plan to boost ...
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Federal lawmakers paid homage earlier this summer to a group of Black World War II veterans who, until now, had not received their due as members of ... Groups denied input in NOPD reforms
A federal judge has denied petitions from four groups seeking to have a say in an agreement New Orleans has reached with the Justice Department to overhaul the city’s troubled ... Local study shows that Orleanians are ‘asset’ poor
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Most Americans are familiar with measuring poverty in terms of dollars and cents, believing that the dividing line between rich and poor is one that separates high ... Louisianians urged to prepare as TS Isaac coasts into Gulf
After declaring a State of Emergency for Louisiana Sunday, August 26, Gov. Bobby Jindal is urging Louisianians to prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac and encouraging voluntary evacuations for those residing ...
Officer turns down five-year plea deal More than five months after a 20-year-old man was gunned down by a member of the New Orleans Police Department while standing on a staircase ...
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