According to Waguespack, the city is staring down a $160 million deficit for the 2025 budget year. Previous estimates, from ...

The English learner certification program will be fully online and offered statewide starting next school year. Tuition for ...

The Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center, a new partnership with The New York Times, will launch in early 2026.

The state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is considering a new certification program for English language ...

City Councilmember Helena Moreno is heading back to City Hall after a resounding win in the Oct. 11 primary election, ...

Deep South Today, the nonprofit network of local newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today, Verite News, and The Current, ...

Juan Manuel de Salcedo was the 11th and last governor in Spanish-ruled Louisiana. Without money and troops, it was difficult ...

Louisiana State Rep. Matthew Willard and incumbent City Councilmember JP Morrell won their races for at-large seats on the ...

Casius Pealer finished second with nearly 30% of the vote in the assessor’s race, but it was not enough to overcome the ...

After nearly four years of tumult at the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, culminating in a summer that included a jailbreak, a mistaken release and a ransomware attack, voters in New Orleans have ...

Calvin Duncan, a former prisoner who successfully challenged wrongful murder conviction, will face incumbent Clerk Darren Lombard in November.

Known in Spanish as coartación, the policy allowed enslaved people, who earned enough money, to buy their freedom. “Typically 2 to 4 percent of the enslaved population might be freed per year, about ...