Safura Syed (Verite News)

The New Orleans City Council approved an ordinance on Thursday (May 8) that will protect sex workers from arrest and prosecution for prostitution when they have reported crimes committed against them while working.

The ordinance would provide sex workers immunity from arrest when seeking help from local law enforcement officers. But State Police troopers in the city don’t have to follow it.

Nurses cited slow negotiations as the reason for their third strike in seven months.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services said the grant highlighting Black history and culture “no longer serves the interest of the United States.”

The most recent park planning meeting proposed reviving old structures and expanding trails.

Republicans are set to slash billions in Medicaid funding, jeopardizing coverage for low-income Louisianians.

The case stems from a 2018 law that made it illegal to be on or near a pipeline without permission and an arrest of environmental activists that followed days after the law went into effect.

This is the second time the nurses have gone on strike in six months as they try to negotiate a contract with LCMC Health.

Members of the University Medical Center nurses union have announced that they are planning a two-day strike in the week before New Orleans hosts the 2025 Super Bowl.

The union made the announcement at a vigil they held for the victims of the Bourbon Street New Year’s Day attack.