Until they were stopped by Louisiana legislators, neighbors around North Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans and communities ...

Matt McBride on a controversial candidate for the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. Marta Jewson on how state ...

This administration is placing vulnerable communities at greater risk when severe weather strikes, says Sara Gonzalez-Rothi, ...

The new Republican budget just slashed Medicaid by $1 trillion. In Louisiana, more than 200,000 people could lose coverage ...

It’s a familiar scenario. Potential employers see criminal histories and don’t hire. In New Orleans, improvements to the city’s “Ban the Box” ordinance could better challenge employment barriers. An ...

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“Our community should still be proud of the long fight,” said longtime Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition leader Sade Dumas, as she stood outside the Phase III construction site last month.

“We’re proud to partner with LSU, to contribute to the growing compendium of peer-reviewed climate science and advance the effort to identify multiple pathways that can lead to more energy with fewer ...

Some advocates worry it could lead to increased police presence in already under-resourced areas. But the DA’s office says that the data is only a first step.

A bill on its way to the Governor’s desk—with connections to gas industry allies—could enshrine hydrocarbons as Louisiana’s future.

In late 2015, the city of New Orleans and FEMA resolved years of haggling over how much federal relief the city should get to rebuild the sewage systems, water systems and roads damaged following ...