Lee Green was among thousands of New Orleans public school educators fired in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. But he came back ...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration wants to hear from the public as it prepares a 2026 city budget, the final ...

The Voting Rights Act allows states in some circumstances to consider race in drawing districts as a means to redress ...

Homeowners and preservationists are clashing over the cost of building materials in some of the city's most historically ...

Two decades after Katrina, New Orleans remains nearly all-charter. Educators, researchers, and advocates reflect on how the ...

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett said Friday that GOP-proposed congressional maps in Texas would draw her out of the district ...

Parents of children in kindergarten through high school are spending an average of $144, and that’s coming as families are ...

Three candidates are vying to replace longtime Orleans Parish Tax Assessor Errol Williams.

Back to school time is approaching, with many Louisiana schools scheduled to begin fall semester soon. See some start dates ...

More Black women have been elected to state legislatures over the last decade, creating a pipeline to Congress and other offices, a new report found.

National Geographic’s series takes a detailed look at how engineering failures, government missteps, and media chaos turned a natural disaster into a national catastrophe.

How $160 million from Netscape pioneer Jim Barksdale — a newcomer to social-change philanthropy — helped make schools in his ...