Gulf States Newsroom staff

Reporter Drew Hawkins takes over this week’s episode to share an excerpt from his new podcast — Bitter Jaguar: The Shooting of Denver Smith and Leonard Brown.

This week, we're on the road in Alabama, covering stories dealing with sanitation issues in the Black Belt and efforts to curb gun violence in Birmingham.

When dock workers went on strike last month, many people rushed to panic buying. Senior economic mobility reporter Stephan Bisaha reports on the one thing people don’t have to rush to buy.

The Gulf States Newsroom presents an election week look back at our coverage of Alabama’s Congressional District 2.

The South is receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from historic lawsuits with opioid manufacturers and distributors. But in Alabama, medication that can help treat addiction is out of reach for many who need it the most.

In coastal Louisiana, an Indigenous tribe received their land back — a sacred mound in Grand Bayou Indian Village. Their history, however, is at risk of being washed away by climate change.

When a hurricane is approaching, do you stay or go? Senior reporter Stephan Bisaha followed one family from New Orleans who chose to leave and tracked the costs.

Gulf States Gumbo is your weekly serving of stories from Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana — cooked up by the Gulf States Newsroom. We'll bring you a mix of stories from our team of reporters and partner stations WBHM, WWNO, WRKF and Mississippi Public Broadcasting. New episodes every Friday starting October 18. Please subscribe and don’t forget to stir your roux!

Our regional reporters reflect on delightful, discarded moments they had in the field as they covered stories across Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.

Watch a replay of the Gulf States Newsroom's listening session for its recent series about towns transformed by major environmental shifts.