This week on Behind The Lens, oily waste from the Smitty’s Supply fire in August has until now been stored and recycled at other sites, but an emergency exemption from the Louisiana Department of ...

A historic 7th Ward bar faces eviction as new ownership threatens a century of Black cultural traditions, exposing New Orleans’ deep racial wealth divide.

As a district, NOLA Public Schools improved from a C to a B. The move up appears to be driven by a jump in A-rated schools in the city. [...]Read More... from Compare 2025 school performance scores fo ...

The shutdown is over, how did the state do in protecting its most vulnerable. And charters await their fate with state evaluations. [...]Read More... from Kicking the Can: SNAP during the shutdown and ...

River Birch LLC, which operates a landfill in Avondale, received a permit exemption last month from the Louisiana Department ...

This story was originally published by Stateline. States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions occur while others try to ...

This story was originally published by Sierra Magazine. In April, Louisiana Tech University ecologist Julia Earl received a distressing notice from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant ...

This week on Behind The Lens, a Cameron Parish judge has ruled that state officials violated the Louisiana Constitution when they issued a permit for a liquified gas export terminal, which has since ...

The assertion that New Orleans public schools are “better off” after 20 years of reform is delusional, at least from the perspective of a native New Orleanian and parent of three children who have ...