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.
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.
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.
As groups try to influence a federal decision, Louisiana fishers squeezed by current LNG exports call for an end to expansion.
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.
A new road threatens to cut through the “safe haven” for youth created through the Grow Dat Youth Farm, in what critics see as an unnecessary focus on motor vehicles.
Last year, the firm began raking in big money for legal services related to a DOJ investigation into patterns of misconduct by the Louisiana State Police.
This week, as the Living School moves toward its final graduation, the Class of 2024 mourns the closure of their unique high school — and explains why it mattered.
