“We’re just stockpiling and preparing for the possibility of a high-water event,” said Assumption Parish OHSEP director, Paul LeBlanc. Right now, water levels on the Mississippi has Apple ...

A federal appeals court says a civil rights lawsuit against St. James Parish over alleged racial discrimination in Louisiana’s "Cancer Alley" can proceed. A civil rights lawsuit alleging a ...

A majority of the court appeared skeptical of a challenge to Louisiana’s voting map. The challengers had argued the state impermissibly relied on race to draw its map. By Abbie VanSickle ...

NEW ORLEANS — A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black communities can move forward ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Voters in Assumption Parish approved a proposed renewal of a drainage and flood protection fee during the March 29 election. The Bayou Pierre Part North ...

The Supreme Court on Monday weighed whether a Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority-black districts for the first time in decades is a lawful effort to comply with the Voting ...