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This category showcases the lead coverage readers need to know, offering context, clarity, and insight into issues shaping New Orleans and beyond.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Due largely to lagging prevention efforts in the Midwest, the low-oxygen area of the Gulf of Mexico is larger than expected this year, prompting fish and shrimp to flee nearly 4 million acres of habitat and killing off bottom-dwelling species.
by Delaney Dryfoos August 2, 2024 Updated August 2, 2024

D is for Drinking Water?

The Carrollton plant’s drinking-water grade fell to a “D.” But that doesn’t mean the water coming from New Orleans faucets today is unsafe, state health department says.
by Delaney Dryfoos July 25, 2024 Updated July 29, 2024

‘Torturous’: Judge places solitary confinement and mental health care at David Wade prison under federal oversight

The north Louisiana prison was using solitary confinement as a “depository for the mentally ill,” judge had ruled.
by Nick Chrastil July 24, 2024 Updated July 24, 2024

‘Robbed’ Kennedy High School grads get their day in court

Judge certifies Kennedy High School 2019 and 2020 seniors for class action, five years after graduation scandal
by Marta Jewson July 18, 2024 Updated July 29, 2024

15k Louisianans lose food stamps due to reinstated federal work requirements

Thousands more will likely lose benefits starting this fall, due to a new Louisiana law that bars state officials from doing what they’ve done for over 25 years – asking for waivers of federal work requirements in parishes with high unemployment.
by Nick Chrastil July 16, 2024 Updated July 18, 2024

Fifth Circuit appeals court sides with Angola’s Farm Line workers

Though the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals differed with some of the district court’s July 2 decision, the higher court agreed that Angola Farm Line workers deserve water, rest, and equipment to protect from heat
by Katy Reckdahl July 14, 2024 Updated July 15, 2024

Water from flooded Upper Mississippi River offers relief after two years of drought

Higher river levels might stave off intense saltwater intrusion
by Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens; and Phillip Powell, Arkansas Times July 12, 2024 Updated July 12, 2024

Judge orders Angola to provide Farm Line workers access to shade, rest, sunscreen, and water

by Katy Reckdahl July 3, 2024 Updated July 8, 2024

Nuns Harnessing the Sun

The Sisters of the Holy Family are constructing solar panels on the order’s New Orleans East motherhouse, to create the city’s 12th solar-driven Community Lighthouse – and, over on Dwyer Road, they’re installing solar panels to reduce their neighbors’ Entergy bills.
by Delaney Dryfoos June 30, 2024 Updated June 30, 2024

‘It isn’t very clear who is responsible for the jail getting to that cap’

The Orleans Justice Center has surpassed the city’s jail population cap, sparking questions about how to increase releases while reducing bookings — and what the rising jail population means for the health of those incarcerated and for the city of New Orleans.
by La'Shance Perry June 21, 2024 Updated June 22, 2024

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