Health Jul 30 Medicaid recipients in Louisiana brace for impact of work requirements and cuts By Lisa Desjardins, Sarah Clune Hartman
Nation Jan 01 WATCH: FBI identifies driver in New Orleans attack, believes he may have had help Authorities say a man driving a pickup truck sped through a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter district early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people and injuring more than 30. By Associated Press
Nation May 17 Severe storms kill at least 4, knock out power across Texas and Louisiana Severe thunderstorms have hit southeastern Texas for the second time this month, and Houston's mayor says at least four people are dead. By Lisa Baumann, Christopher Weber, David J. Phillip, Associated Press
Nation Jun 28 EPA drops environmental justice investigations in Louisiana The investigations were looking into whether Louisiana officials put Black residents living in an industrial stretch of the state at increased cancer risk. By Michael Phillis, Associated Press
Nation May 20 Watch 8:16 Native communities in Louisiana fight to save their land from rising seas In Louisiana, coastal erosion is claiming an average amount of land equivalent to a football field every hour. Some Native American communities in the southeastern part of the state are the hardest hit. Special correspondent Megan Thompson brings us the… By Melanie Saltzman
Jun 09 Justice Department investigates Louisiana police amid evidence of beating Black men By Jim Mustian, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department is opening a “pattern-or-practice” investigation into the Louisiana State Police amid mounting evidence that the agency has looked the other way in the face of beatings of mostly Black men, including the deadly 2019 arrest of… Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch 6:00 News Wrap: Inflation rises to highest level in 40 years In our news wrap Thursday, the Labor Department reports consumer prices in January jumped 7.5 percent from a year earlier, the biggest year-to-year increase since 1982. Also, Freddie Mac reported 30-year home loan rates hit their highest point in two… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch 6:03 States sue over new Biden vaccine rule for businesses, claim federal overreach By John Yang, Courtney Norris This weekend, a federal appeals court in Louisiana temporarily blocked the Biden administration's new rule that millions of private sector workers get a COVID-19 vaccine, or get tested weekly. The rule has led more than two dozen states to file… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 8:37 Climate change’s uneven impact on communities of color compounded by uneven flow of aid By Roby Chavez, Sam Lane Hurricane Ida survivors are still facing a difficult road ahead, nearly six weeks after it battered Louisiana as a Category 4 storm. And in Lake Charles, Louisiana, thousands are still waiting for relief from a string of natural disasters that… Continue watching
Sep 23 After storms, mental health crisis compounded by COVID looms in Louisiana By Roby Chavez When Ida hit, it wasn't just infrastructure that took a hit. Experts say storm survivors' physical and mental health will continue to be affected long after the clouds have parted, compounded by the region’s high rates of COVID and hospitalizations… Continue reading