Hollywood legend John Goodman has cut $700,000 off the price of his historic New Orleans home—just two months after putting it on the market for $5.45 million. At first, Goodman and his wife ...

NEW ORLEANS — A jury reached a verdict Wednesday afternoon on a First Amendment case filed by environmental justice activist Joy Banner against St. John the Baptist Parish President Jaclyn Hotard, ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana parish officials who threatened to arrest and imprison an environmental activist as she attempted to speak during a public meeting did not violate her right to ...

Joy Banner had sought more than $2 million in damages from two St. John the Baptist parish officials — Parish President Jaclyn Hotard and councilmember Michael Wright — who she said blocked ...

The outcome was a disappointment to plaintiff Joy Banner, who, contending that her rights were violated during a November 2023 meeting, had brought the First Amendment suit against St. John the ...

NEW ORLEANS – Evidence unveiled Tuesday in federal court showed St. John the Baptist Parish President Jaclyn Hotard’s family stood to make money from a land deal she helped facilitate through rezoning ...

The trial in Louisiana's eastern district in New Orleans stemmed from a lawsuit filed in connection with a 2023 St. John council meeting by Joy Banner, who co-runs the advocacy organization The ...

Evidence unveiled Tuesday in federal court showed St. John the Baptist Parish President Jaclyn Hotard’s family stood to make money from a land deal she helped facilitate through rezoning efforts. But ...

During pre-trial depositions in Banner’s suit, Hotard told the court she did not know that her mother-in-law could have profited financially if the parish rezoned the farmland to make way for the ...

Honorary pallbearers include John Arnold Hotard, Jr., William Welsh Hotard, Thomas Richard Texada, Jr., Buddy Fuentes, John Mudd, Nolan Wilson, Marty Wilson, Dr. Seborn Woods, Dr. Dane Hassell ...

St. John the Baptist Parish President Jaclyn Hotard denied in a deposition that she knew her mother-in-law could have benefited financially from parish rezoning plans to make way for a 222-acre ...