The New Orleans City Council voted to deny a conditional use permit to a woman who wanted to turn the childhood home of civil ...

City officials cried foul when Troop NOLA swept a homeless encampment near the Superdome ahead of Taylor Swift concerts.

An environmental activist group says it has identified five people buried almost two centuries ago at the site of a proposed ...

Civil rights lawyers say ICE is refusing to grant a temporary release to Ermine Nersisian, who is barely mobile, claiming ...

A federal district court in New Orleans heard arguments Tuesday (Oct. 22) in an ongoing lawsuit against the St. John the ...

Later that year, the Louisiana Consumers’ League hired Elie as its attorney, which started his journey toward handling ...

My 7th Ward home remains a place of memories and shelter. Recently, however, I came home and looked into the backyard to find ...

A federal judge heard arguments on whether to block the controversial law, which would require all public classrooms to ...

Her mother, Kim Groves, was a 32-year-old single mother of three living in the Lower 9th Ward when she was killed by hitman ...

Recent changes to state criminal justice laws have strained local courts and jails, and the Orleans Public Defenders Office ...

Ronald Burch, represented by attorneys Alan Kansas and Brian Katz, filed the lawsuit in May against Holcim US.

A proposed charter amendment would require the city to allocate millions toward affordable housing each year. Proponents say ...