The Louisiana Weekly’s 2020 Election recommendations

Early voting began in Louisiana on Friday, October 16, and if ever there was an election where the electorate should run to the polls as

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Report: CARES Act expiration could mean financial meltdown in Louisiana

By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer As the country begins the home stretch of the troubled year of 2020, housing advocates are expressing alarm about the

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White Police chief in videotaped beating of Black man was never investigated for his role in attack
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (Special from lailluminator.com) — Police Department internal affairs documents show Chief Edwin Bergeron was never investigated for the 2017 beating of Kentdrick Ratliff, undermining statements made by ... Louisiana 4th grader suspended for having a BB gun in a virtual classroom
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Woodmere Elementary 4th grade student KaMauri Harrison was suspended from school for six days for briefly handling a BB gun in his bedroom during a virtual class. N.O. City Council unanimously passes guidelines on no-knock warrants, tear gas ban’
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer On September 17, the New Orleans City Council unanimously passed resolutions calling on the New Orleans Police Department to create guidelines within 60 days to prevent the ... The Louisiana Weekly celebrates 95 years of civil rights reporting
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Right from the outset, the publication that would become The Louisiana Weekly newspaper established and set in writing the philosophy under which it would operate. Over-policed: Does New Orleans have too many law enforcement agencies?
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: This story is the second installment in a two-part story. As often fatal shootings of unarmed Black people by law enforcement continue across the country, the ... Does NOLa have too many law enforcement agencies?
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Editor’s note: This story is part one of a two-part story. As the national debate about the idea of defunding or even abolishing police departments continues to roil ... Gov. Edwards vows to block Republican emergency election plan
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced last Tuesday (August 18) that he would block Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s emergency plan for fall elections because it didn’t ... Local artists look for new ways to survive COVID shutdown
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer For decades, the arts have been a vital part of New Orleans’ economy and that of the state at large. With the cancellations of festivals, closure of ...
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