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Timely coverage of the people, policies, and events shaping New Orleans and Louisiana. This category delivers clear, factual reporting that keeps readers informed about local government, community issues, and stories that matter most to everyday residents.

Compare 2024 school performance scores for New Orleans charters

Though its score climbed a little, the NOLA Public Schools district received the same grade, a C, from the state of Louisiana for the third year in a row. The state’s A-F letter grades are particularly high-stakes for 12 charters, who could face closure at the end of the school year.
by Marta Jewson November 20, 2024 Updated November 26, 2024

To prevent suicide, New Orleans daughter urges states to let people ban themselves from buying guns

Donna’s Law, which allows people to ban themselves from gun ownership, has proven one of the few areas of gun policy where Republicans and Democrats can agree. But it has made little headway in Louisiana, home of the bill’s namesake.
by Agya K. Aning, The Trace November 19, 2024 Updated November 18, 2024

School Board seizes $20 million cash settlement, future funding, amid financial crisis 

The Orleans Parish School Board settles a years-long lawsuit against the city, to provide financially strained schools with help that includes a swift, $20 million cash infusion and $70 million for education over 10 years.
by Marta Jewson November 18, 2024 Updated November 18, 2024

As Mississippi River towns experience whiplash between drought and flood, mayors look to new insurance model  

At least two New Orleans agencies tested parametric insurance policies during Hurricane Francine – with mixed results.
by Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens, and Eric Schmid, St. Louis Public Radio November 18, 2024 Updated November 18, 2024

‘Cajun Coral’ could reshape former oil and gas platforms along the Gulf Coast

A decommissioned oil rig site off Grand Isle offers a new shallow-water template for the Louisiana Rigs-to-Reef programs. Where rigs once stood, the 3D-printed concrete could create bustling coastal reefs.
by Delaney Dryfoos November 15, 2024 Updated November 15, 2024

‘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

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

‘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

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

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

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