Marta Jewson and Katy Reckdahl on a new Louisiana law that requires doctors to keep common maternal health care medications under lock and key. Delaney Dryfoos on a Mississippi River mayors agreement.
It’s become an all-too-familiar lament in New Orleans that the charter school system lacks accountability and transparency.
The Lens took home top honors in the education reporting, continuing environmental reporting and government/political reporting categories.
A year ago, when Jackson Parish opened its new, unlicensed juvenile jail, kids complained of extended stints of solitary confinement, along with extensive abuse and violations. A DCFS inspection supported those claims, but the agency gave the jail a license anyway.
Nick Chrastil on the use of mace and pepper spray now allowed in juvenile detention facilities. Terry L. Jones on community air monitoring and Delaney Dryfoos on campaigns to call attention to Venture Global's air quality violations.
Lawmakers passed a law designed to limit reproductive rights in Louisiana. But it may also limit patients’ chances of surviving common life events like miscarriages and births.
A bulk storage facility plans to join with activists from the Louisiana Environmental Action Network to monitor air quality in St. Rose, a ‘Cancer Alley’ community.
The cooperative agreement is the first between the inland ports in the heart of the Corn Belt and the coastal ports of Louisiana, which together export 60% of the nation’s agricultural products.
Delaney Dryfoos on the continuing homeowners insurance crisis for Louisianans, and one politicians proposal to fix it. Marta Jewson reflects on covering school closures.
Prankster activists target Venture Global LNG, to bring attention to the lives affected – and lost – around liquified natural gas plants.
