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Johnny Silvercloud/Flickr Creative CommonsToday on Louisiana Considered, we hear a roundup of this week’s top political stories. And we learn how New Orleans public officials are responding to an uptick in crime. -
Aubri Juhasz/WWNONew Orleans’ City Council has rescinded a resolution to include the Mayor’s Office in the dispersal of education grants, following a request from the city’s public school district, board president Ethan Ashley said during Thursday’s school board meeting.
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New Orleans Public Schools plan to ask the city’s newly seated City Council to rescind a recent resolution challenging its authority over education funding, officials told board members Tuesday. -
Federal agencies FEMA and HUD are rebuilding an Obama administration program that redirected disaster survivors to apartments rather than trailers. The policy was reversed by the Trump administration and is now being reinstated by the Biden administration.
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Parts of southeast Louisiana should brace for icy rain starting Thursday and freezing temperatures until Monday. Affected areas will include the greater Baton Rouge region and the northshore of Lake Pontchartrain.
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It's been three years since the last New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival took place in the New Orleans Fair Grounds due to the coronavirus pandemic canceling two years of festival activities. But in 2022, event organizers said the actual event is coming back.
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The deadline for New Orleans families to submit their school choices for the 2022-23 school year is fast approaching, with the first round of applications set to close Friday.
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A new study shows connection between cancer rates and air pollution in Louisiana's poorest and most industrialized neighborhoods.
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There are a handful of street and neighborhood names in New Orleans and Baton Rouge that memorialize historic figures from the Confederacy. Today on Louisiana Considered, we’ll hear how the two cities are addressing this issue and beginning the renaming process.
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COVID cases in New Orleans’ public schools were down last week, but quarantines were up, according to data released Tuesday.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about a new concert that addresses the last two years of pandemic life. And we hear why the New Orleans Ballet Association is taking up a new style of dance for its latest season.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about the structural limits on Black political power that have impacted New Orleans’ Black mayors for decades. And we hear about new efforts to increase high-speed internet access across the state.
