A bill on its way to the Governor’s desk—with connections to gas industry allies—could enshrine hydrocarbons as Louisiana’s ...

Death Row doesn’t just steal years—it rewires your soul. It leaves trauma buried in your body. It isolates you even after you ...

Thousands of demonstrators — at least 6,500, organizers estimated — marched through New Orleans on Saturday as part of “No ...

Some recent legislative changes seem to have been motivated by skewed perceptions about the pre-Katrina Orleans Levee Board ...

Three new proposed chemical plants could more than quadruple ammonia production in the Donaldsonville area, leaving Ascension ...

Reporter Bernard Smith and Editor Katy Reckdahl break down a new program that provides tablets to incarcerated individuals.

The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion was developed to reconnect the Mississippi River to its wetlands and address the root ...

Tiny air pollutants appear to cause molecular changes in expectant mothers' blood that can impact fetal development and cause stress in the mother, which could be behind early labor and health ...

Armed by scientific studies, reading experts urged a resurgence of phonics, which helps children learn to read by sounding-out words, in a way well-known to older generations. But the state's third ...

Mississippi River ships and barges carry over 500 million tons of cargo through the Southwest Pass shipping channel at the river’s end to reach major ports that handle 18% of U.S. waterborne commerce.

For the second consecutive year, a federal judge tells the DOC to provide Farm Line workers with protections from the sweltering Louisiana heat. Women hoeing in the fields at the Louisiana State ...

This week on Behind The Lens, the largest new delta in North America is forming through a naturally occurring sediment diversion on the Mississippi River. Scientists there say the land-building power ...