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‘Catastrophic’: Superintendent resigns amid district’s $36 million gaffe

School leaders worried that the budget gap may grow further, as officials tally final numbers.
by Marta Jewson November 14, 2024 Updated November 15, 2024

We’re Not Done Yet

Twenty years after Katrina, we need an educational reset
by Adrinda Kelly November 14, 2024 Updated November 11, 2024

Louisiana could be out billions, if controversial coastal-restoration stalls

The feds threaten to withhold $2.2 billion from the massive effort to save and restore the state’s diminishing coastline if leaders don’t act soon.
by Terry L. Jones for Floodlight November 11, 2024 Updated November 10, 2024
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Behind The Lens episode 255: ‘Civil rights at risk’

Delaney Dryfoos on a wharf redevelopment in the Lower 9th Ward. Marta Jewson on Louisiana AG's decision to join a lawsuit targeting transgender men and women, and broader civil rights.
by Carolyne Heldman November 8, 2024 Updated November 8, 2024

‘We’re still here’

Planned Parenthood exhibit opens today, looks at 40-year, often embattled, presence in Louisiana
by Marta Jewson November 7, 2024 Updated November 14, 2024

Promises Unfulfilled: The Politics of School Choice

Amid questioning from parents who cannot find good schools to enroll in, school-choice advocates need to find more and more avenues to advance their mantra, to hold on to it.
by Luis Mirón November 5, 2024 Updated November 5, 2024

Grain Terminal in the Lower 9: ‘It’s not going to be good for us.’

The Port of New Orleans plans to “revitalize” the Alabo Street Wharf into a terminal for organic grain. Neighbors in Holy Cross are concerned about grain dust, pests, rodents and a steady line of railcars passing right outside their doors.
by Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens, and Eva Tesfaye, WWNO November 1, 2024 Updated November 14, 2024

Stepping up for New Orleans workers, on Tuesday’s ballot

“People tell me they’re tired of working for minimum wage and not being able to afford the basics. Elected officials beg for their votes, promising this-and-that, and then disappear to serve the interests of the powerful.”
by Tasha Williams, of Step Up Louisiana October 31, 2024 Updated November 1, 2024

Louisiana AG sues feds to undo longstanding disability protections

Because of objections to a federal rule protecting gender dysphoria, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking to invalidate Section 504, the disability law best known for providing support for public school students.
by Marta Jewson October 28, 2024 Updated December 28, 2025

Louisiana may be forced to change how it allots welfare money

A proposed Biden-administration regulation change could bar the state from using federal dollars for child-protective investigations, controversial crisis pregnancy centers, and reduce the amount to pre-K.
by Nick Chrastil October 22, 2024 Updated November 14, 2024

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