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Hurricane Ida

When the power goes out, churches offer shelter through the Community Lighthouse network

New Orleans churches and community centers are being outfitted with backup and solar power to create a microgrid for residents during the city’s frequent outages. But that’s not the only value they offer.
by Delaney Dryfoos January 21, 2026 Updated January 23, 2026

To bring insurance companies back to Louisiana, some suggest tackling it as a federal issue 

At the height of hurricane season, Congressional candidate Devin Davis announces a plan to combat Louisiana’s home-insurance crisis. U.S. Rep. Troy Carter says he’s focused on a more apt federal concern: FEMA’s flood-hazard ratings.
by Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens, and Eva Tesfaye, WWNO September 2, 2024 Updated September 9, 2024

Louisiana’s new fossil-fuel plants have no trouble getting property insurance — despite disappearing policies for state residents.

Oil and gas facilities along the Gulf Coast have long been a ‘major market’ for specialty insurance
by Taylor Kate Brown for Floodlight July 24, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023

Rent to increase on FEMA trailers for Louisianans impacted by Hurricane Ida

by Kezia Setyawan May 23, 2023 Updated May 23, 2023

School board committee selects superintendent search firm

District looks to harden its emergency response plans after Hurricane Ida review.
by Marta Jewson November 16, 2021 Updated November 16, 2021

Hurricane Ida puts multi-million dollar dent in city coffers

The city is estimating an $8.6 million loss in 2021 and a $7.7 million loss in 2022 due to Hurricane Ida and a related tax cut from the Orleans Parish Assessor.
by Michael Isaac Stein October 8, 2021 Updated October 8, 2021

‘No place to go but up’: Entergy critics urge a new look at abandoned plan to sell transmission grid, break up vertical monopoly

Entergy planned to sell its transmission assets a decade ago, a commitment that helped put a federal antitrust investigation to rest. It never happened.
by Michael Isaac Stein October 5, 2021 Updated November 2, 2021

‘We can’t depend on the government’: Mutual aid groups work to fill needs for immigrant communities after Ida

With FEMA cash aid limited to certain groups, grassroots organizations have mobilized to fill unmet needs.
by Philip Kiefer September 28, 2021 Updated September 28, 2021

OPSB approves $15M disaster recovery contract for post-Ida repair work

The contract amount was increased from $500,000 approved earlier this year.
by Marta Jewson September 24, 2021 Updated September 24, 2021

Council committee advances several accountability measures related to Entergy and Hurricane Ida

Among the measures was one calling for a study of Entergy New Orleans ownership and control. All items will have to go before the full council.
by Michael Isaac Stein September 22, 2021 Updated September 22, 2021

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