When Jeff Landry was elected governor of Louisiana with 52% of the votes, Republicans flipped the governorship, succeeding term-limited John Bel Edwards.The GOP also expanded its majority in both chambers...
Maria DiFelice, Breaking News Editor
• February 23, 2024
As Mardi Gras season came and went, LUPD braced for crime on campus, but none came, according to Loyola University Police Department Lieutenant Patrick Martin.
With an uptick in population in and around...
Chiara Faircloth, Assistant Worldview Editor
• February 22, 2024
New Orleans is one of the United States’ highest ranking cities for sexually transmitted diseases with syphilis of particular concern, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The...
Chartres Street French Truck Coffee employees had an encounter with a patron who threw a bag of coffee beans at a pregnant employee’s head and proceeded to threaten them all with a knife.
Safety is...
COVID-19 cases are on the rise, as the number of hospitalizations is at an unusual high during this winter season, according to the Center for Disease Control.
Prior to the increase in cases, COVID-19-related...
The return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland, a new study shows.
Sea otters eat constantly and one of their favorite snacks is the striped...
Iowa lawmakers on Wednesday declined to advance a bill that would have stripped gender identity from the state’s civil rights law, a proposal that opponents said could have subjected LGBTQ+ Iowans to...
Argentina continues to undergo the gradual social and political changes that were promised by newly elected president Javier Melei.
Melei was elected in Dec. of 2023. His inauguration was attended by...
A majority-Black district has now been redrawn into the six congressional districts of Louisiana, marking a win for Democrats and civil rights groups after a legal battle and political tug-of-war that...
With Mardi Gras just around the corner, campus energy is running high with excitement and anticipation as students eagerly wait for the festivities to begin.
Although the big celebration occurs on Fat...
Sophia Maxim, Managing Editor for Print
• January 26, 2024
Editor's Note: The Maroon interviewed Chamorro for this story to hear his account of political persecution in Nicaragua.
Nicaraguan police startled politician Juan Sebastián Chamorro awake in his home...
Almost all college students know the long and draining process of filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid forms and applications. It is a dreaded, but necessary part of being a college...
