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.
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‘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.
‘Catastrophic’: Superintendent resigns amid district’s $36 million gaffe
School leaders worried that the budget gap may grow further, as officials tally final numbers.
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.
‘We’re still here’
Planned Parenthood exhibit opens today, looks at 40-year, often embattled, presence in Louisiana
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.
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.
Louisiana may be forced to change how it allots welfare money
A proposed Biden-administration regulation change could bar the state from using federal dollars for child-protective investigations, controversial crisis pregnancy centers, and reduce the amount to pre-K.
Lead pipes, another New Orleans legacy
As the federal government announces a rule to eliminate all lead pipes within the next decade, tests by the Water Collaborative found lead within drinking water at 88% of New Orleans homes tested.
Can Tulane shed its fossil fuel investments?
To convince Tulane University to divest from fossil fuels, students say, they must fight geography, history, and the school's academic partnerships with industry.
