Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 Sackett ruling, the Biden Administration estimated that up to 63% of the nation’s remaining wetland acres could lose federal protections.
Posted inDown the Drain
For hidden wonders, visit wetlands near you
Learn more about the Mississippi River Basin’s wetlands from coastal Louisiana to the headwaters in Minnesota.
Posted inSchools
Lycée Français forked over $408k after error during last renovation
Given that mistake, parents question whether the school is financially ready to repair McDonogh 15 in the French Quarter.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 270: ‘The wrong schools’
Education reporter Marta Jewson on the state’s request that the courts free them from a special education consent decree, the city council seeks to send $10m to schools and NOLA Public Schools has a new superintendent.
Posted inCriminal Justice
As summer nears, Angola Farm Line workers again demand more protections against heat
Since prisoners challenged conditions on the Farm Line, state officials have implemented policies making them even worse, lawyers contend.
Posted inOperating Capital - Executions in Louisiana
Dark Resurrection
Prisoners come to terms with the return of capital punishment in Louisiana.
Posted inSchools
State, school district ask judge to end federal scrutiny of New Orleans special education
State and district school officials argue that they’ve complied with a 2015 federal civil-rights judgment. But lawyers representing students who still aren’t getting adequate special ed services say that school officials may be complying with the letter of the law, but not the spirit of it.
Posted inSchools
City Council poised to send $10 million to schools, Cantrell could veto
Council members say they feel beholden to the November agreement that they’d forged with the school board. And though the mayor backed out of the proposal, citing a tight city budget, council members see no worrisome shortfalls ahead, they say.
Posted inOpinion
It’s not a teacher raise, voices against Amendment 2 emphasize
As Louisiana restarts executions, stories about the state’s death penalty — from condemned men, victims, families, and those who work in the death chamber.
Posted inOpinion
Our kids deserve better: vote NO on 3
“Accountability is about helping someone take responsibility and change,” Malcolm Jenkins writes “It’s about making sure they never go back down that same road again. And for kids, that only works when you treat them like kids.”