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 ...

More than 21,000 customers were without power across Louisiana as storms moved through the region earlier Wednesday. Check ...

Life expectancy for each Louisiana parish ranges from 68.2 years in Morehouse to 78.5 years in Cameron — a 10 year difference. Only one parish, Cameron, had more than the national average ...

Lawsuit Alleging Environmental Racism in Louisiana Parish Allowed to Proceed, Federal Court Says NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist ...

It would have let each of the 64 parishes decide whether to allow the projects within its borders. Currently, the Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources has the power to permit ...

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — 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 ...

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Other plaintiffs are Inclusive Louisiana and Rise St. James. In November 2023, U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier dismissed most of the suit's claims based on a parish land use plan that was ...

Louisiana's May 3 elections included runoff races, special elections, and local propositions, such as millages and charter changes.