Local activist Joy Banner alleged parish officials violated her free speech rights and Louisiana open meeting laws by ...

A jury reached a verdict Wednesday afternoon on a First Amendment case filed by environmental justice activist Joy Banner ...

Louisiana parish officials who threatened to arrest and imprison an environmental activist as she attempted to speak during a ...

A jury found that the defendants didn’t violate Joy Banner’s right to free speech or the Louisiana Open Meetings Law. But ...

Joy Banner filed the lawsuit against St. John the Baptist Parish President Jaclyn Hotard, Parish Council President Michael P.