The state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is considering a new certification program for English language ...

Deep South Today, the nonprofit network of local newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today, Verite News, and The Current, ...

Juan Manuel de Salcedo was the 11th and last governor in Spanish-ruled Louisiana. Without money and troops, it was difficult ...

Louisiana State Rep. Matthew Willard and incumbent City Councilmember JP Morrell won their races for at-large seats on the ...

City Councilmember Helena Moreno is heading back to City Hall after a resounding win in the Oct. 11 primary election, ...

It appears that City Councilmember Helena Moreno is heading back to City Hall after a resounding win in the Oct. 11 primary ...

Casius Pealer finished second with nearly 30% of the vote in the assessor’s race, but it was not enough to overcome the ...

Several projects listed as blue-state cancellations were slated to take place partially or entirely in states that voted for ...

After nearly four years of tumult at the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, culminating in a summer that included a jailbreak, a mistaken release and a ransomware attack, voters in New Orleans have ...

Calvin Duncan, a former prisoner who successfully challenged wrongful murder conviction, will face incumbent Clerk Darren Lombard in November.

Jason Hughes and Cyndi Nguyen are the front-runners in a competitive race to represent the Lower Ninth Ward and New Orleans ...

Known in Spanish as coartación, the policy allowed enslaved people, who earned enough money, to buy their freedom. “Typically ...