Suspect in Mississippi synagogue fire laughed as he confessed to his dad, authorities say

New Orleans News Quiz: How is Jefferson Parish spending its massive opioid settlement?

Take our quiz on how Jefferson Parish is spending its opioid settlement money.

The Unbroken Line: Americans feared importing a revolution like in Haiti, but one was already brewing in Louisiana

The external slave trade was declared illegal as early as 1804 for the Territory of Orleans. The prohibition was linked to the "Haitian Syndrome," as the American authorities feared importing a revolution into the country.

Louisiana tracking law chills immigrant Medicaid applications

Yolibeth’s 4-year-old daughter scrambled headfirst onto a cushy leather love seat at their St. Bernard Parish home and pushed a hairbrush into the hands of Miriam Romero, a health coordinator who works with the family. Romero placed the girl in her lap and started brushing her dark hair.  Yolibeth, a 38-year-old single mother who moved […]

Appeals court hears arguments on Louisiana’s 25-foot buffer law

A federal appeals court Monday (June 1) heard a request from the state of Louisiana to overturn a lower court’s decision to block a law establishing a so-called police buffer zone. 

New Louisiana congressional map approved, litigation likely

Louisiana legislators Friday approved a congressional redistricting bill that could increase the state’s Republican representation in Congress, but litigation is likely imminent. It keeps only a single majority-Black district among Louisiana’s six U.S. House seats.