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Greg LaRose/Louisiana IlluminatorLandry plans to expand the use of state troopers in New Orleans but has offered few details about what their expanded role will entail. -
Rashah McChesney/Gulf States NewsroomBirmingham Water Works flagged Claire Ahalt’s account for unusually high water use, but she did not find out until asking a utility worker weeks later.
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The loss of specialized doctors due to the influx of anti-LGBTQ laws is the latest blow to a region already dealing with a shortage of health care providers. -
An updated version of the 2016 play is being staged in an unexpected place — the capitol of a state with a near-total abortion ban.
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City officials are urging drivers to use extreme caution when driving in the vicinity of the fire, particularly in the morning and evening hours, when fog is most likely. The National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory through 10 a.m. Wednesday, warning that visibility on roadways could fall below 100 feet without warning.
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Reporters Danny McArthur and Drew Hawkins traveled across the Gulf South to tell the stories of three towns erased by major environmental shifts.
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Nurses are demanding increased staffing through better pay and benefits, enough supplies to treat patients, a safer workplace and a voice in the hospital’s decision-making process.
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Some say this coastal Mississippi town doesn’t exist anymore, wiped off the map due to repeated storms. But to its residents, it’s still alive and well.
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A draft agreement obtained by The Associated Press shows that Louisiana health officials were open to stronger rules, including looking at how new industrial plants would harm Black residents.
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Toxic pollution forced a small, Black community in Louisiana to relocate. Now, chemical companies say they own its final remnant — the town’s cemetery.
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Remembering Margaret Walker 50 years later, as her groundbreaking poetry festival returns to JacksonA conversation with author Maryemma Graham on her biography of Walker, famed novelist and professor who created the Phillis Wheatley Festival in 1973.
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Some southern towns have been erased by environmental disasters — whether natural or man-made. One Alabama town offers lessons on the hidden cost of progress.
