Einstein is the latest charter operator in recent years to reduce its capacity, citing low enrollment, as New Orleans’ birth rate has declined and families have left the city.

The Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center appears to have been operating well over its contracted capacity since April.

On this week’s episode, we take a look at how drug checking services save lives in the Netherlands — and why there aren’t any in the Gulf South.

In February, the district and state asked the court to end the monitoring, arguing they had fulfilled the terms of the settlement. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which represents parents in the related lawsuit, is challenging the request.

National Nurses United has been negotiating new staff contracts with UMC administrators since March 2024. This is the fifth strike in just over a year.

On this week’s episode, we look at how the Gulf States are responding to the halting of funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the federal government shutdown.

Louisiana is in the top four, costing more than $300 billion since 1980.

Undue Medical Debt partnered to pay off debts for more than 123,000 people across Orleans Parish. Now, the nonprofit warns that the issue could soon get worse.

Lawmakers passed legislation in the spring to move UNO from the Louisiana University System back to the LSU system, where it had been from its founding until 2013.

Louisiana is suspending its temporary assistance program that would provide November funds to most Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in the state amid the ongoing government shutdown.