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Instability is the word of the year for one local school

Posted January 9, 202600:28:39

Delaney Nolan on exit bonuses for voluntary deportation promised by the Department of Homeland Security. Marta Jewson on the fate of The Leah Chase...

An Oil Well in Reverse: Smitty’s hopes to inject liquid waste into a landfill in Jefferson Parish

Posted November 21, 202500:32:27

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality allows the operator of Smitty’s to dump pollutants from its recent explosion deep into a Jefferson...

Kicking the Can: SNAP during the shutdown and charter schools await their fate

Posted November 14, 202500:25:42

The shutdown is over, how did the state do in protecting its most vulnerable. And charters await their fate with state evaluations. [...]

“A Fundamental Reset”

Posted October 31, 202500:31:05

Fossil fuel companies rebrand as "energy" producers. Also construction of a new LNG terminal is halted by a federal judge. [...]

Boxing Up Choice: Louisiana AG sues the FDA to halt the shipment of abortion meds. And the Leah Chase School Principal Resigns.

Posted October 17, 202500:24:39

Greg LaRose on Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's lawsuit against the FDA challenging the distribution of abortion drugs by mail. Marta Jewson...