Apr 05 Watch After Danziger Shooting Sentencings, Feds Look to New Orleans Police Reforms Former New Orleans Police Officers Sentenced in Post-Katrina Bridge Shootings… Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch Parlez-Vous? Some Louisiana Pupils Being Immersed in French Instruction Louisiana's French heritage is being embraced in many immersion classrooms in the state. It goes beyond language -- some students are learning math, science and social studies in French. Sue Lincoln of Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the Southern Education Desk… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch New Orleans Officers Convicted in Killings: a Turning Point for a Healing City? Five current or former New Orleans police officers were convicted Friday in connection with a deadly shooting on Danziger Bridge in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. New York Times reporter Campbell Robertson discusses how the convictions are being viewed in… Continue watching
May 16 Watch Morganza Spillway Reduces Pressure on Cities' Levees; Towns Brace for Water On Saturday, the Army Corps of Engineers opened the floodgates of the Morganza Spillway on the Mississippi River to reduce pressure on the levees that protect Baton Rouge and New Orleans. A number of smaller towns are now having to… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch Along Gulf Coast, Cautious Optimism for Future a Year After Oil Spill Began Compensation Disputes Among Lingering Impacts of Gulf Spill… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch 'Louisiana Water Stories' documents the culture and curses of SOLA 'SOLA: Louisiana Water Stories' looks at the region's rich culture and environmental woes. Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Louisianans Still Struggling One Year After the Gulf Oil Spill Hari Sreenivasan talks to Shauna Sanford and Charlie Whinham of LPB about the oil spill. Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch A Year After BP Oil Spill Began, No Easy Answers on Gulf Coast's Future It's been nearly one year since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf. Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch Oil and Oysters: Testing Continues in Louisiana After Gulf Disaster The Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals adopted a sophisticated two-tiered testing system to examine how safe oysters are for human consumption. Bill Rodman from Louisiana Public Broadcasting reports on their findings. Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Oil Gusher Halted At Least for Now: 'Something Went Right' For the first time since April, the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico stopped -- at least temporarily -- Thursday after BP sealed a containment cap during the start of pressure tests on the device. Joel Achenbach of… Continue watching