Community

Dozens of Mandeville residents turned out for a public hearing earlier this week to vent about a plan to create a historic district.

The Times-Picayune reports most expressed fears the district would lead to over-regulation of private property.

Members of the city's Planning and Zoning Commission assured residents the ordinance to create the district can be modified based on public input. Still, some said it represents increased government intervention in their lives.

As the area's greatly-increased Latino population settles in, a nonprofit aims to bridge divides of education, economic opportunity and political access in their new home.

How one nonprofit is bringing the power of art, expression and mentoring to youth on the front lines of Louisiana's coastal land loss crisis.