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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.
by Jessica Kutz, The 19th December 26, 2025 Updated December 26, 2025

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.
by Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator December 24, 2025 Updated December 24, 2025

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.
by Bernard Smith December 22, 2025 Updated December 22, 2025

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.
by Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat December 19, 2025 Updated December 22, 2025

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.  
by Elizabeth K. Jeffers December 18, 2025 Updated December 28, 2025

‘They tricked me:’ Migrants feel deceived by ICE after being promised $1,000 to voluntarily depart 

Led to expect an “exit bonus,” migrants were left empty-handed in their home countries.
by Delaney Nolan December 18, 2025 Updated December 22, 2025

‘A leap of faith’: parents plead to save Leah Chase School

With OPSB slated to decide the fate of Leah Chase School tonight, school parents, along with the Chase family itself, are asking the board to believe in the school
by Marta Jewson December 18, 2025 Updated December 22, 2025

Usted puede hacer cumplir la ley de inmigración de maneras profesionales

La forma en que se aplica la ley es tan importante como la ley misma.
by Arthur Hunter Jr. December 17, 2025 Updated December 22, 2025

Sheltering in place through the ICE storm

A survey in photo and text, of what New Orleanians are thinking about the local immigrants threatened by Catahoula Crunch.
by Gus Bennett December 12, 2025 Updated January 28, 2026

Why New Orleans Became Trump’s Newest Immigration Target

Recent legal changes, a Trump-friendly governor and a large immigration detention infrastructure could make the New Orleans crackdown easier for the administration.
by Jamiles Lartey, The Marshall Project December 12, 2025 Updated December 22, 2025

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