Author: Ariella Cohen

Workplace deaths raise questions about OSHA experiment in self-regulation
A federal program rewards companies that profess a commitment to exemplary safety standards. The commitment, however, has not meant an end to workplace fatalities.
Interview: St. Roch art impresario holds forth from Tasmania on the wreckage left behind
A look at the city's books shows New Orleans poised to end 2011 in better shape than 2010
City forced to tweak spending as $38B federal budget cut ripples downstream
500 eastern New Orleans residents seek answers on bringing back their area
Top NORA aide headed back east

Organizer who specialized in catastrophe conferences admits to financial disasters
A self-described "philanthropist-entrepreneur" specializes in disaster conferences, drawing high-powered speakers but leaving behind-the-scenes contractors looking for a paycheck.
State running low on money for property in the way of $1.2 billion teaching hospital

Despite health fears, trailers are housing disaster victims
FEMA trailers that sheltered New Orleanians after Katrina after back in service on the resale market, despite health warnings and a government ban on their use as housing.