New Orleans, LA – March 21, around 3:00 pm, during public comments at the Port of New Orleans monthly board meeting, local activist Felix Allen was arrested for standing in […]
Category: Politics
Is Real Change on the Way for Louisiana’s Democratic Party?
March 21, 2024President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are expected to easily win Louisiana Democratic and Republican presidential primaries on Saturday, March 23. Yet there are many livelier contests underway– […]
Workers Demand Inclusion in N.O. Bill of Rights at City Council Meeting
March 20, 2024Ballot Amendment to Enshrine Worker Rights in City Charter Appears Likely to Advance Workers organizing with Step Up Louisiana and allies held a rally at City Hall before testifying in […]
Beware of Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: NOLA Community Groups Caution Citizens of Minneapolis About Consent Decree Process & Monitors
March 7, 2024Two New Orleans community organizations recently sent a letter to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and the Minneapolis NAACP warning them about what to expect from the monitors that have been […]
Biden & Trump Running Neck in Neck Despite Their Negatives
February 21, 2024Though President Joe Biden easily won the nation’s first 2024 democratic presidential primary in South Carolina recently, turnout by voters of color was less than robust which could manifest into […]
DA Williams Issues Statement on Public Safety Agreement With Attorney General
February 8, 2024New Orleans, LA — We truly believe in a fair, just, and efficient system. The important reforms implemented under former Chiefs Serpas and Harrison were critical to a change in the culture […]
Belden Batiste Files Complaint Against New Orleans Inspector General Edward Michel
January 18, 2024Community activist Belden Batiste filed a complaint with the New Orleans Ethics Review Board against New Orleans Inspector General Edward Michel for allegedly threatening Batiste with arrest by federal authorities. […]
Cabbies Accuse Cantrell’s Go-To Lawyers of Assisting Uber in Beating 37,000 Violations in 2018, Which May Have Cost the City More Than $33 Million
January 17, 2024In typical David vs. Goliath fashion, in a Civil District Court filing on January 16, 2024, Sher Garner- a politically connected firm favored by Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration and thought […]
Ubergate: One Stop Controversy Tied to Taxi Litigation
December 19, 2023City Attorney Donesia Turner has been ordered to appear before Judge Ellen Hazeur in Civil District Court on Friday, January 5 with documents which taxi cab industry officials believe will […]
Qualifying Begins December 13 for Judicial, Parish and State Offices
December 12, 2023Attorney LaKeisha Jefferson is pulling out all the stops. An announced candidacy for Civil District Court Division H Section 2, Jefferson hosted a holiday mixer Tuesday December 12, on the eve of qualifying which begins Wednesday, September 13 and runs through Friday, December 15.
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