SLIDELL, La. – A school teacher in Louisiana has been taken into custody after she reportedly sent naked photographs to students while also supplying them with alcohol, and having sex with “at least one” of them, according to law…
Xavier University of Louisiana and Ochsner Health System are partnering to create the nation’s fifth HBCU medical school. The newly-minted Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine will reportedly “mitigate disparities that kill Black people with…
In a story published April 30, 2024, about a panel of federal judges rejecting a new congressional map for Louisiana, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a separate remap case before U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick in Baton…
A new congressional map in Louisiana creating a second majority-Black House district was rejected by a panel of federal judges, causing uncertainty for fall elections. The ruling blocked a map from 2022, which maintained one Black-majority…
A panel of federal judges rejected a newly drawn congressional map Tuesday that would have created a second majority-Black district in Louisiana. The move tees up a potential redistricting battle in the nation's high court. In a 2-1 ruling…
Property insurers in storm-swept Louisiana could soon gain much more flexibility over policy cancellations if the governor signs House Bill 611 into law, as expected. The state House of Representatives this week approved the bill by a vote…
A panel of federal judges rejected Louisiana's new congressional map, which made two of the state's six districts majority-Black. This state's map from 2022 was also federally blocked.
NEW ORLEANS -- A new congressional map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall…
A new congressional map in Louisiana creating a second majority-Black House district was rejected by a federal panel, leading to uncertainty for fall elections. The ruling blocks a map from 2022 and the new map supported by state officials…
A federal court blocked Louisiana from using a congressional map with a second majority-Black district, finding it violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The case may go to the Supreme Court under the Voting Rights Act…
NEW ORLEANS, April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until June 25, 2024 to file lead plaintiff…
In a 2-to-1 decision, the panel sided with challengers who argued that the map that created a second Black majority district was an “impermissible racial gerrymander.”
NEW ORLEANS, April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until May 20, 2024 to file lead plaintiff…
NEW ORLEANS, April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until June 17, 2024 to file lead plaintiff…