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On Wednesday, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed the state’s first posthumous pardon for Homer A. Plessy, who was convicted of violating Louisiana’s Separate Car Act of 1890, the purpose of which was to ensure racial segregation as a means to promote white supremacy. Gov. Edwards was joined by descendants of …

On Saturday, a federal appeals court temporarily halted the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers. The Republican attorneys general of Texas, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi and Utah, as well as several private companies, filed petitions on Friday challenging the mandate in the U.S. 5th Circuit …

President Joe Biden has ordered federal aid to New York after declaring a major disaster in the state. The aid will supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by Hurricane Ida, including the counties of Bronx, Kings, Queens, Richmond and Westchester, the White House said Monday. Assistance …

The White House announced on Thursday that the US has administered more than 864,000 vaccinations in recent days. This is the highest daily rate since July 3. The Biden Administration is pushing Americans to get vaccinated as the rate of COVID-19 infections rises and different variants of the virus form. …

Democratic state Sen. Troy Carter won the special election runoff in Louisiana‘s 2nd Congressional District, defeating fellow Democratic state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson on Saturday night. Carter captured 55 percent of the votes in the district that serves nearly all of New Orleans, stretching west and north to Baton Rouge. …