Louisiana

Rural Louisianans have felt shut out without broadband. The state has a plan to change that

By Roby Chavez

Some 42 million Americans have no access to broadband. In Louisiana, 1.7 million people, more than a third of the state’s population, have this critical need.

This New Orleans ‘genius’ is on a quest to learn more about rising deaths in prisons

By Roby Chavez

Andrea Armstrong has become a leading expert whose research sheds light on the harmful conditions people in prison face in the United States.

Republican Jeff Landry elected governor of Louisiana

By Sara Cline, Associated Press

Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, has won the Louisiana governor’s race, holding off a crowded field of candidates.

Why the saltwater wedge climbing up the Mississippi River is a wake-up call to the region

By Roby Chavez

It used to be a once-in-a-decade event. Now, New Orleans has seen salt water threaten its drinking water twice in two years.

Biden to send disaster assistance to Louisiana, as salt water threatens the state’s drinking water

By Sara Cline, Associated Press

Typically, the river's mighty flow keeps mass amounts of salt water from reaching too far inland, but hot and dry conditions across the country this summer triggered drought that slowed the Mississippi's flow and lowered its water levels.

Why deaths in Louisiana prisons are on the rise

By Roby Chavez

There's been a growing number of people who have died while in Louisiana prisons, jails, and juvenile detention centers, according to a report released this summer.

Departing governor races to move prisoners off death row in Louisiana

By Roby Chavez

Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards is using his clemency power to help advance a mass request for commutations after he publicly called on state lawmakers to stop the death penalty months ago.

News Wrap: Florida prepares as Idalia expected to strike Gulf Coast as major hurricane

In our news wrap Monday, dozens of counties in Florida declared emergencies as Tropical Storm Idalia is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane and strike the state, crews are still struggling to contain a record number of wildfires in drought-stricken…

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A billion-dollar coastal restoration project begins in Louisiana. Will it work as sea levels rise?

By Kevin McGill, Associated Press

If the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project works as intended, solids in the river water will settle out in the basin and gradually restore land that has been steadily eroding for decades.

Louisiana youths held in an old death row building suffer heat, isolation, advocates say

By Kevin McGill, Associated Press

Advocates for juveniles held in a former death row building at a Louisiana prison say the youths are suffering through dangerous heat and psychologically damaging isolation in their prison cells with little or no mental health care, schooling or water.