A New Orleans resident responds to recurring climate change narratives that call for relocating the city, arguing that ...

The U.S. Supreme Court accelerated enforcement of its Louisiana redistricting ruling, allowing state officials to suspend ...

Wayne County, Mississippi faces high Parkinson’s death rates as a nearby plant emits thousands of pounds of paraquat, a toxic ...

A federal judge ruled Louisiana Senate Bill 256 unconstitutional, allowing Orleans Parish criminal clerk-elect Calvin Duncan to take office after lawmakers attempted to merge and eliminate the office ...

The U.S. Supreme Court considers whether geofence warrants allowing police to access cellphone location data violate the 4th ...

As the U.S. Supreme Court hears a challenge to birthright citizenship, civil rights groups warn that weakening the 14th Amendment could put long-standing constitutional protections at risk and leave ...

A newly protected Pearl River map turtle faces a 60-year federal recovery effort as officials work to restore habitat, improve water quality, and rebuild populations in Louisiana and Mississippi.

In New Orleans, the lack of surgical techs is already compounding the existing problems hospitals face. But most training efforts across New Orleans and Louisiana remain largely rooted in traditional ...

Paraquat use is rising and so are concerns about its link to Parkinson’s disease. A look at one Mississippi county at the ...

This was first published in The Equation, a blog by Union of Concerned Scientists, as part of a series, A More Resilient Grid ...

A first-person account reveals how poverty, housing instability, and systemic failures in Louisiana’s child welfare system ...

Environmental reporter Emily Sanders explains House Bill 804 and how it could limit legal claims against oil and gas ...