A federal appeals court says a civil rights lawsuit against St. James Parish over alleged racial discrimination in Louisiana’s "Cancer Alley" can proceed.

Roy Everett Jordan, Jr., 57, of Georgetown, was found guilty by a federal jury in Alexandria last month of unauthorized ...

Only one parish, Cameron, had more than the national average for the number of years a person is expected to live. See how ...

This announcement follows recent multi-billion dollar projects from Meta and Hyundai in Louisiana. CF Industries will build a $4.2 billion low carbon ammonia plant in Louisiana's Ascension Parish, the ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black communities can move forward ...

Lawsuit Alleging Environmental Racism in Louisiana Parish Allowed to Proceed, Federal Court Says NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist ...