The text messages were disclosed as part of an ongoing lawsuit filed by Joy Banner, who along with her sister, Jo Banner, successfully led efforts to halt the $800 million grain terminal earlier ...

(LAI photo illustration) NEW ORLEANS — A jury reached a verdict Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 29) on a First Amendment case filed by environmental justice activist Joy Banner against St. John the ...

WALLACE, La. — Sisters Jo and Dr. Joy Banner live just miles from where their ancestors were enslaved more than 200 years ago in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Their tidy Creole cottage ...

Wallace natives and twin sisters Jo and Joy Banner, co-founders of the Descendants Project, have been the most outspoken opponents of the grain terminal project. They said they weren’t aware of ...

Jo Banner, Joy Banner, Shamell Lavigne, Jack Sweeney and Devin Davis, candidate for the 2nd congressional district, stand behind a sign explaining the PLEDGE Platform in Wallace, Louisiana, September ...

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 ...