According to Carnival historian and Mardi Gras Guide founder Arthur Hardy, the city’s first organized parading organization, the Mistick Krewe of Comus, was also the first to have one of its parades featured in a printed bulletin.

The city is requiring more police officers at parades this year, putting higher costs on smaller, independent krewes vital to New Orleans’ Mardi Gras heritage.

Rachel Maddow breaks down new reporting that the Trump administration is slashing the budget of an Alzheimer’s research center. In a surprise move, federal officials clawed back funds approved by Congress for immigrant services.