Louisiana town fights for relief after billion-dollar oil disaster
Federal and state officials have sued the company behind the blast, but Roseland, Louisiana, residents say the case won’t bring relief to their town.
Environmentalists sue Louisiana officials over reissued Commonwealth LNG permit
The environmental groups say that the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy “violated its constitutional, statutory and regulatory duties” with its hasty reissue of a construction permit.
LENS EXCLUSIVE: The governor pops up on Bourbon Street
Landry pays his respects to the 14 Bourbon Street victims and addresses ICE presence in the city
New Orleans marks one year anniversary of deadly New Year’s attack on Bourbon Street
Above Bourbon Street, a new airborne community memorial pays homage to those killed in the New Year’s Day truck attack. To victims’ families, the artwork chronicles the sorrow — and the healing.
Will New Orleans face fewer, but more powerful storms?
Was the 2025 hurricane season a glimpse of of the future? Though Louisiana had a quiet season, an analysis of this year's storms in the Atlantic basin. points to a new trend—of more intense but less frequent hurricanes.
Preparing for a wildfire or hurricane? Don’t forget water, documents — and your birth control.
Few states include sexual and reproductive health supplies in emergency checklist recommendations, a new report finds.
State rejects Smitty’s Supply request to dispose of wastewater, storm runoff in drainage
Tests of the collected runoff show it was still too contaminated to be released.
Ten years to justice
How a $40 accusation and inadequate representation cost a man 10 years of his life — and how he made it to freedom, with the help of lawyers from Innocence & Justice Louisiana.
Charter school advocates fear their future at the Labor Department
Leaked emails show the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools landed a meeting with the Labor Secretary, who assuaged short-term concerns. Long-run worries remain though.
Will NOLA Public Schools fulfill its promise to the Leah Chase School community?
Leah Chase School, it seems, was never meant to exist—at least, not as a traditional public school. Less than two years later, NOLA Public Schools’ board members are debating whether to close it.
