Born in New Iberia in 1868, Wakefield-Paillet was one of the first three women to enroll in the New Orleans University ...

Syngenta announced last Tuesday (March 3) that it will no longer produce paraquat by June due to competition with other sellers. The company produced the chemical compound at a facility in the middle ...

Under the second administration of President Donald Trump, U.S. Department of Justice officials have set out to review and dismiss desegregation orders across the country.

The 2026 legislative session will be the first major test of Helena Moreno’s influence, as the city’s mayor, at the state capitol.

Members of the New Orleans City Council grilled the leaders of the Krewe of Tucks over a controversial parade display that many paradegoers called racist. The questioning occurred ...

Multiple boil water advisories resulting from water main breaks since the beginning of the year are putting the strain on many Uptown families.

It will be the first time that the Grammy Award-winning Cardi B will play the festival. Latto, who’s been nominated for three ...

Welcome back to Mocktail Mondays, a series dedicated to taking a break from alcohol with fun, non-alcoholic drink recipes ...

Hill and other Black educators forced the board to restore all teachers’ pay, then formed American Federation of Teachers ...

Test your knowledge of New Orleans news with our latest quiz on what's next for the Valena C. Jones school building.

The national abortion-rights organization Abortion in America brought together reproductive rights advocates from across the country for a weekend of panel discussions in New Orleans last weekend.

Immigrants filed 378 cases in Louisiana courts alleging illegal detention in the first two months of this year alone, compared to 29 in all of 2024.