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Federal judges who recently threw out a congressional election map giving Louisiana a second mostly Black district said Tuesday the state Legislature must pass a new map by June 3 or face having the panel impose one on the state. The order from a panel of two federal district judges and an appellate judge noted that they would begin work …

For Louisiana Rep. Delisha Boyd, the uphill battle she faces to exempt pregnancies that are the result of rape and incest from Louisiana’s strict abortion ban is not just morally right — it’s also personal. With a GOP-dominated legislative committee set to debate and vote on Boyd’s exemption bill Tuesday, the Democratic New Orleans lawmaker has decided to publicly share …

Rolling Stones’ frontman Mick Jagger ignited a small feud between himself and the Louisiana governor on Thursday while performing in the state. The 80-year-old British singer and his band performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to a sold-out show. After finishing the song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” Jagger called out Gov. Jeff Landry by …

A Louisiana teacher sexted her students, bought them booze at local dives and had sex with “at least one” of them, local police said. In March, police launched an investigation over complaints that 35-year-old Alexa Wingerter was having “inappropriate relationships” with and “sending inappropriate photographs and messages” to her male students at Slidell High School. After the Slidell Police Department …

Louisiana State Police cleared out an encampment of anti-Israel protesters from Tulane University early Wednesday morning, making 14 arrests during the operation. As with campuses across the country, protesters had occupied Tulane’s lawn for days ahead of the police action. Police first attempted to disperse the crowd at 3 a.m. local time. Many protesters remained seated and refused to leave, …

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 congressional elections. The 2-1 ruling forbids the use of a map drawn up in January by the Legislature after a different federal judge blocked a map from …

Residents in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, have finally won a legal battle to create a new town called St. George. “This is the culmination of citizens exercising their constitutional rights. We voted and we won,” attorney Andrew Murrell, one of the leaders of the St. George movement, said in a statement following the Louisiana Supreme Court’s decision. “Whether you are for …

A new president has been named for McNeese State University in southwest Louisiana. The University of Louisiana System announced Thursday that Wade Rousse will succeed Daryl Burckel, who announced in December that he was stepping down after seven years. LOUISIANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY SELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN Rousse currently serves as the university’s executive vice president. He has worked at the university …

It looks like the third time is the charm as the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival prepares, again, for The Rolling Stones to perform. The festival, which spans two weekends, opened Thursday with dozens of acts playing daily on 14 stages spread throughout the historic Fair Grounds race course. The Stones play next Thursday, May 2, tickets for …

Up to $20,000 is being offered for information leading to a criminal conviction or civil penalty involving a dolphin that was found shot to death in southwest Louisiana. MORE THAN 100 DOLPHINS, THOUSANDS OF FISH FOUND DEAD AS BRAZILIAN GOVERNOR DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY Federal wildlife officials, in a news release Monday, said a juvenile bottlenose dolphin was found shot …