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LSU employees allege a hostile work environment impedes investigations into sexual misconduct and discrimination.

Born in 1832 or 1833 to a white plantation owner and an enslaved Black woman, Lewis came to New Orleans from Mississippi ...

Reporter Bobbi-Jeanne Misick talks to immigrants in New Orleans about how they experience Thanksgiving — and revisits her own ...

The day after Thanksgiving, Native American Heritage Day, offers an opportunity to reflect on the resilience, ingenuity, and ...

The agency, which has recently faced a series of financial scandals, has been working without a full governing board since ...

Like his older brother, clarinetist Johnny Dodds, Warren “Baby” Dodds was a musical pioneer. His instrument of choice, ...

The state’s utilities regulator this week heard arguments on whether to adopt lower in-custody phone call rates to comply ...

The temporary restraining order bars state troopers from engaging in sweeps of unhoused residents or seizures of their ...

Gov. Landry’s tax plan would replace millions in income tax revenue with new sales tax revenue that would disproportionately ...

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The Louisiana Public Service Commission will take a deeper look into regulations on prison and jail phone calls on Wednesday ...