The cuts strike directly at the backbone of working-class communities, especially in Black and rural parishes, where ...

Trump Administration Slashes Louisiana Afterschool Funding, Puts Children and Families at Risk The cuts strike directly at the backbone of working-class communities, especially in Black and rural ...

A Hyundai sign stands as a symbol of the company’s $6 billion investment in a hydrogen-powered steel mill in Ascension Parish, a project set to position Louisiana as a national leader in clean energy ...

Speaker Mike Johnson Faces Backlash as Louisiana Voters Protest Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, and SNAP Cuts Major Louisiana health systems—including Ochsner Health and LSU Health—warn that ...

Louisiana Group Gets $4.5M to Fight Water Pollution and Help Communities The focus of NEAN’s work will be harmful “forever chemicals” like PFAS and PCBs. These chemicals are found in water, food, and ...

Gary Chambers, community activist and former U.S. Senate candidate, speaks out after the Baton Rouge Metro Council approved a police reality show contract with no public input. Chambers was the only ...

Banks Denounces Community Center Audit as Retaliatory, Politically Driven Banks, who left office in early 2024, says the city’s delay in conducting the audit deprived her of the opportunity to respond ...

NEAN Launches Urgent Baton Rouge Campaign to Aid Displaced Workers, Combat Environmental Threats NEAN is fighting pollution and unemployment in Black communities—restoring work, health, and hope.

Beatty Blasts GOP Budget as 'Billionaire Bankroll Bill,' Proposes Amendment to Block Tax Cuts if Safety Net Programs Are Cut Beatty’s amendment—No. 280—would prohibit any tax reductions for the top ...

Louisiana’s existing wrongful conviction law, enacted in 2005, allows individuals to present their cases before a judge and receive financial compensation based on the years they were wrongfully ...

Glen Oaks High Alumni Weekend Marks 10 Years of Legacy, Love, and Leadership The 10th Annual Alumni Weekend wasn’t just a reunion; it was a full-circle homecoming that pulsed with joy, purpose, and ...

Congressman Cleo Fields (D-La.) is demanding answers from federal officials after eight international students at Southern University had their visas revoked without a clear explanation.