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June 21, 2022
A Louisiana judge ruled prosecutors failed to prove their case against four officers accused in death of Tommie McGlothen.
June 19, 2022
Louisiana lawmakers ended a special session Saturday saying they were unable to agree on a new congressional map that includes…
La. Gov. John Bel Edwards, theGrio.com
June 17, 2022
Judge Shelly Dick noted that approving a new congressional map in six days has been done by the Louisiana Legislature…
June 13, 2022
"GU272 and Ascension Parish: The Jesuit and Episcopal Connection to Slavery" is a project of the River Road African American…
Judge Wooden gavel on the table of judge with american flag and black chair
June 9, 2022
A federal judge has refused to delay her order for Louisiana to redraw its congressional districts while an elections official appeals.
June 9, 2022
The federal probe comes amid evidence that the agency has a pattern of looking the other way in the face…
La. Gov. John Bel Edwards, theGrio.com
June 9, 2022
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed legislation he said would've rolled back changes to its 2017 Justice Reinvestment Act.
June 8, 2022
Davis is also slated to appear in a new installment of the "Mission: Impossible" film franchise — another helmed by…
June 8, 2022
Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday called a special legislative session to redraw Louisiana's congressional boundary lines.
June 7, 2022
Louisiana's governor will call the Republican-dominated Legislature into special session soon to draw up new congressional district boundaries, now that…
June 5, 2022
Louisiana lawmakers on Friday approved the removal of multiple holidays that celebrate the Confederacy from the state’s official list.
banning Black literature, theGrio.com
June 2, 2022
Book displays targeting topics such as Cajun heritage, Pride Month or Black History Month are prohibited indefinitely at public libraries…
June 2, 2022
Gov. John Bel Edwards agreed that he and his top attorneys will testify before a committee investigating allegations of a…
June 1, 2022
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed new legislation that would have inflicted undue hardship on state residents who use payday…
La. Gov. John Bel Edwards, theGrio.com
May 31, 2022
The bill Louisiana lawmakers passed Thursday gives parole eligibility to approximately 20 people, most of whom are Black.
May 28, 2022
Antavion “Tay” Moore said his great-grandparents instilled the principles of the civil rights movement in him.
May 27, 2022
An AP investigation says Louisiana governor Jon Bel Edwards saw the footage of the fatal arrest of Ronald Greene before…
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
May 23, 2022
America is decidedly anti-Black. This is nothing new; it has been this way since the founding of this country.
May 23, 2022
Cassidy noted recently that Louisiana's dismal maternal mortality rate would not appear so grim if you factored out Blacks.
May 21, 2022
Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana told Politico that the state’s high maternal mortality rates are not as bad if you…