Order continues for the second consecutive summer. Once the heat index hits 88 degrees, the DOC must provide some relief to ...

Though Louisiana legislators passed a statewide ban against physical punishment in 2023, parents can still give permission ...

Bernard Smith and Katy Reckdahl on the men trapped in the Orleans Parish Prison and Broad Street Bridge in the wake of the levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina that flooded New Orleans.

A mix of chemicals released by the explosion are being carried by the Tangipahoa River and could enter the local food chain, experts fear. Contamination escapes absorbent booms in the Tangipahoa River ...

There is a tangible shift in energy when a second line reaches the bridge, said Treme resident Shakur Trammel. For him, crossing the bridge transforms the “troubled waters” in his life, difficult ...

Let’s acknowledge the Alabo Wharf’s place in history In a lawsuit about a slaughterhouse that once stood at the Alabo site, the U.S. Supreme Court first interpreted the 14th Amendment, which later ...

New Orleans schools show improvement from pre-Katrina days, but families have had to weather the growing pains of the charter movement, including too many school closures, “no-excuses” discipline, and ...

A permanent fix is still on the way for corrosion found in the massive lakefront pumps – and there’s likely more corrosion on the underground steel supporting certain floodwalls, because the Army ...

Residents cite pollution, loss of fishing and diminished tax revenue as liquefied natural gas production accelerates here, feeding demand from Europe and Asia. Environmental advocate James Hiatt of ...