NEW ORLEANS — Essence Fest filed a lawsuit against some local businesses this weekend, claiming they violated the “Clean Zone” ordinance in New Orleans. Essentially, a Clean Zone exists to ensure ...

For years, major sporting and cultural events have bullied host cities into suppressing free speech and other fundamental rights via so-called “clean zone” ordinances. Such measures typically ...

It sure looked like a Black David and Goliath thing at first glance. An Atlanta-based Lit Media event scheduled for New Orleans-based Baldwin & Co. bookstore and coffee shop on Elysian Fields Avenue ...

The New Orleans City Council on Thursday (Oct. 10) unanimously approved a Super Bowl “clean zone,” which will temporarily regulate and restrict public and commercial activity across a swath of New ...

Phoenix will not enforce rules related to a “clean zone” ahead of the Super Bowl, at least until the City Council has a chance to discuss the option of repealing the ordinance next week, after a judge ...

This year's Essence Fest should be safe from unauthorized events thanks to another "clean zone" ordinance from the New Orleans City Council. Thanks to another “clean zone” ordinance by the New Orleans ...