WWNO Staff

The 2022 Midterm elections are on the horizon – are you planning to vote? Do you know how to vote, and where to vote, and what you might need to have when you show up to the polls? What if your voter registration is out of date, or has a mistake, and you are challenged at the polls – what can you do?

A new fund in the Greater New Orleans Foundation will honor the memory of pioneer NPR news reporter and Louisiana native, Cokie Roberts, and will build a permanent funding source for radio station WWNO’s local news reporting. The “Cokie Roberts Fund for WWNO Local Journalism” was created with a leadership gift from Cokie Roberts’ family. WWNO aims to raise $1 million in additional donations for the Fund to augment the listener contributions and other revenues that will continue to be vital for the station’s service to south Louisiana.

Hosted by public media health reporter Rosemary Westwood, “Banned” will track how “the nation’s toughest abortion ban” moved through the federal court system to the U.S. Supreme Court, leading to this consequential moment in America. The podcast will also feature reporting from the Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Mississippi, the only clinic of its kind in the state.

New Orleans last celebrated Mardi Gras in its traditional fashion in February 2020. COVID shut down parades and revelry last year, but celebrations make a historic return in 2022.