Aug 29 EXPLAINER: Ida similar to Katrina, but stronger, smaller By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous and perhaps scarier sequel to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. But there’s a few still-to-come twists that could make Ida nastier in some ways, but not quite as… Continue reading
Aug 28 Hurricane Ida rapidly intensifies, taking aim on the Louisiana coast; evacuations underway By Roby Chavez Large portions of southern Louisiana could see 10 to 15 inches of rain, winds up to 140 m.p.h. and a tidal surge up to 15 feet. Continue reading
Aug 28 Live Map: Track the path of Hurricane Ida By Rebecca Santana, Kevin McGill, Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press Rescuers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters and utility crews mobilized Monday after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and made a shambles of the electrical grid. Continue reading
Aug 10 Hospitals run low on nurses as they get swamped with COVID-19 By Terry Spencer, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Andrew Selsky, Associated Press The surge in COVID-19 infections across the U.S. has caused a shortage of nurses and other front-line staff in virus hot spots that can no longer keep up with the flood of unvaccinated patients. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 9:22 Health care workers battle Louisiana’s COVID-19 surge, low vaccination rates By William Brangham, Frank Carlson Right now, Louisiana has the nation’s highest per-capita infections, driven in large part by the extremely contagious delta variant. At the same time, Louisiana also has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, and this week Gov. John… Continue watching
Jul 20 Louisiana Senate backs transgender sports ban veto override By Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press Louisiana state senators have narrowly voted to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' rejection of a bill prohibiting transgender students from participating in school sports. Continue reading
Jun 22 Louisiana governor vetoes transgender sports ban proposal By Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press The decision pushes back against legislation that has passed several Southern states. Tuesday's veto from the Democratic governor was expected, since Edwards repeatedly called the measure discriminatory. Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 5:11 In Louisiana, government skepticism is hurting vaccination rates. Will incentives help? By William Brangham While COVID-19 vaccination rates in some parts of the country are approaching nearly 70%, other areas are seeing rates flatten or even decline. As William Brangham reports, vaccinations in the southern U.S. have been especially slow, with no southern state… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 4:05 Natural disasters ruined parts of rural Louisiana, disrupted the region’s vaccine drive By Kara St. Cyr, Louisiana Public Broadcasting As President Joe Biden pushes for 70% of Americans to receive at least one vaccine dose by Independence Day, some parts of the country have a ways to go to meet that goal compared to others. Kara St. Cyr of… Continue watching
May 06 WATCH: Biden pushes infrastructure plan in Louisiana By Josh Boak, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Biden said across the U.S., there are 45,000 bridges that are structurally deficient and in need of repair. And he said his infrastructure plan would not only fix the bridges but "put Americans to work in every state."… Continue reading