Struggle to attract grocers results in food apartheid for New Orleans

By Tyana Jackson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Before Hurricane Katrina, about 5,000 households called the Lower 9th Ward home. Today, less than half of that

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Suspect accused of threatening the mayor of Bogalusa arrested

A week after Bogalusa Mayor Tyrin Troung held a press conference to announce that he had filed a complaint with the city’s police department, district

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Bogalusa mayor files police report following threat
Bogalusa Mayor Tyrin Truong held a press conference last Thursday to announce that he has filed a police report with the Bogalusa police department, district attorney and Louisiana State Police ... Xavier Cole named president of Loyola University
Xavier A. Cole has been named the 18th president of Loyola University New Orleans. Judge dismisses suit over Plaquemines LNG facility, environmental groups review options
By Joshua Rosenberg The Lens Multiple environmental groups are weighing their legal options after a judge in Baton Rouge dismissed their lawsuit challenging the construction of a liquified natural gas facility. Recommendations for the March 25 Orleans Parish election
Early voting commenced on Saturday, March 11, in New Orleans for three critical elective offices. In the midst of the Saint Patrick’s weekend parades and the Saint Joseph altars which ... ACLU settles brutality suit with City of Thibodaux
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer The ACLU of Louisiana, on behalf of its client, a Black man with cerebral palsy who was brutalized by police from the city of Thibodaux, announced ... Deportations out of La. are part of racist immigration policies, according to advocates
By Frances Madeson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — After a brief lull, deportation flights have resumed to Haiti from the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) staging facility at Alexandria International Airport, a nexus ... Road Home reaches its end, thousands of lawsuits against recipients pulled
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – The landmark and lambasted government program that attempted to make homeowners whole after Hurricane Katrina has come to an end, federal, state and local officials ... LNG export terminals pose a growing and invisible threat: air pollution
By Terry L. Jones Contributing Writer Residents around existing LNG facilities in Louisiana already notice the smell and irritants from nearby terminals. (Special from Floodlight via laillumina-tor.com) — Headaches constantly plague Travis ...
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