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Audio: As the city addresses flooding, residents take matters into their own hands

by Travis Lux July 15, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Audio: Coastal erosion threatens the levees that protect the city

Experts say New Orleans officials need to need to come to terms with what it means to be a coastal city.
by Della Hasselle July 14, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Audio: In New Orleans, aging water system causes school closures

by Jess Clark July 13, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Audio: Rising temperatures strain New Orleans’ electric grid

In Louisiana, temperatures could increase by ten degrees by the end of the century.
by Tegan Wendland July 13, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Remembering Felicia Kahn: A relentless fighter who made a difference

Wide awake to injustice before anyone was 'woke.'
by The Rev. William Barnwell July 13, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

How Entergy spent $1.3 million to polish its reputation, script support and monitor opposition to its new power plant

We know about the scheme to pay people to show up at meetings to support a new natural gas plant in New Orleans. But that was just a fraction of more than a million dollars the utility spent to burnish Entergy’s reputation, script support and monitor opponents.
by Michael Stein and Charles Maldonado July 12, 2018 Updated September 10, 2021

Councilwoman Nguyen’s nonprofit, two advisers to Cantrell worked on Entergy’s campaign for new power plant

Cantrell’s spokesman said she knew about the relationship, but “on this and on every other issue — Mayor Cantrell thinks for herself.”
by Michael Stein and Charles Maldonado July 12, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Live coverage: City Planning Commission to hear from public on short-term rentals

We'll be there at 3 p.m. Tuesday, and you can follow along live or catch up later on the play-by-play.
by Charles Maldonado July 10, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Audio: When it comes to stormwater management, New Orleans’ road projects are behind the times

A FEMA-funded program to repair roads is meant to put things back the way they were, not make them better.
by Travis Lux July 10, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

New Orleans district attorney unearths 249 ‘DA subpoenas’ issued over three years

This is the first indication of how often prosecutors used the bogus documents.
by Charles Maldonado July 9, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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