States’ death penalty policies are heading in sharply different directions
Forty-one people have been executed so far this year, the highest number since 2012.
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This Ecologist Lost Her Grant for Studying Diversity—of Insects
The federal trawling of grants for misaligned priorities has brought in bycatch at Louisiana Tech University.
Louisiana will cover most SNAP recipients for November; Landry points the remaining 53k to food banks
Gov. Jeff Landry said his health department will find the money to cover $147 million in benefits next month for the elderly, disabled and children.
When a parent goes to prison, a child pays the price
Louisiana spends too much of its budget on criminal justice while ranking low in healthcare, education, infrastructure, and economic wellbeing. We could redirect those resources.
Trump ‘regulatory relief’ to boost greenhouse, toxic emissions in Gulf states
Expansions at five petrochemical plants in Texas and Louisiana could add the equivalent of more than 1 million cars’ worth of pollution, advocates say.
Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’
New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition.
Judge rules permit for LNG terminal in Cameron Parish ignored potential climate impacts
Judge Penelope Richard cited the close vicinity of other export terminals as a factor in her decision, saying the state “failed to consider the secondary and cumulative impacts” of these facilities on climate change in the coastal zone.
New report ranks states on climate-related health risks, clean energy policies
Health care systems nationwide are vulnerable to extreme weather and climate threats.
Louisiana cancels another major coastal restoration project
Gov. Jeff Landry scraps sediment diversion planned for Breton Sound marsh.
‘I’ll fight for your rights like I fought for my own freedom’
Calvin Duncan, an uncommon man with an all-too-common story, is vying to become clerk of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court – and his campaign may have gathered enough momentum to draw fire from high-powered Louisiana officials.
