Water from flooded Upper Mississippi River offers relief after two years of drought
Higher river levels might stave off intense saltwater intrusion
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Judge orders Angola to provide Farm Line workers access to shade, rest, sunscreen, and water
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.
‘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.
At the mouth of the Mississippi, Louisiana bears the burden of upstream runoff. Why doesn’t it push for solutions?
This summer’s “dead zone,” a low-oxygen area where the river empties into the sea, could span 5,827 square miles across the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana has the power to call for change.
New Orleans’ intensive Center for Resilience closes abruptly
A therapeutic program run by ReNEW will enroll some of the center’s students, but can’t offer the same hospital-level care. That leaves some students without a school that can address their severe behavioral needs.
A research duel heats up, amid high-stakes decision on LNG exports
As groups try to influence a federal decision, Louisiana fishers squeezed by current LNG exports call for an end to expansion.
A concussion and a missing dreadlock
After a teacher held him by his hair, a 13-year-old child was punched by a classmate and suffered a concussion. The teacher had been arrested for a similar classroom incident nine years ago in another parish.
Federal judge: ‘I don’t think robbers would ask for help’
