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This photo shows the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' seal. As of 3 p.m. Thursday, March 27, 2025, the department's website shows it cut more than $55 million in grants to the Louisiana Department of Health.

DOGE website shows $55M in cuts to Louisiana Department of Health

Rosemary Westwood

The cuts target mental health and substance use programs, including crisis services, according to Louisiana health officials.

Republican Gov Jeff Landry’s budget proposal proposes increasing state spending on health care by $1.5 billion in the next fiscal year.

Public Health

Louisiana Medicaid set to grow under Landry, even as D.C. may force cuts

Julie O'Donoghue (Louisiana Illuminator)

Republican Gov Jeff Landry’s budget proposal proposes increasing state spending on health care by $1.5 billion in the next fiscal year.

The federal government may have cut funding for mental health and substance abuse services in Louisiana, funding that was originally set to continue until the end of 2025.

Public Health

Louisiana may have lost federal funding for substance abuse, mental health programs

Julie O'Donoghue (Louisiana Illuminator)

The federal government might have abruptly ended funding for Louisiana mental health and substance abuse services that was expected to last through the end of 2025, state health officials said Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. Troy Carter speaks at a town hall about potential cuts to Medicaid at Dillard University on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

Politics

Residents express frustration with federal government at Troy Carter town hall on Medicaid

Safura Syed (Verite News)

Republicans are set to slash billions in Medicaid funding, jeopardizing coverage for low-income Louisianians.

Heather McTeer Toney, executive director of Beyond Petrochemicals, takes a boat tour of Corpus Christi Bay in Texas with local members of the Coastal Watch Association who are fighting against several proposed petrochemical facilities in the area. Toney says President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on climate groups and environmental justice “feels scary.”

Coastal Desk

Criminal targeting of environmental groups ‘scary,’ advocates say

Terry L. Jones (Floodlight)

Groups now worry about FBI probes as they struggle to rebound from federal spending freeze enacted under President Donald Trump.

Scientific researchers at the “Stand Up For Science” rally at the Louisiana State Capitol on March 7, 2025.

Politics

Louisiana researchers leave labs to rally for science at State Capitol

Piper Hutchinson (Louisiana Illuminator)

A crowd of Louisiana scientists gathered Friday at the State Capitol to protest the Trump administration’s proposed research funding cuts.

This month, NPR and PBS presidents are expected to testify before Congress to argue for continued federal support through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The outcome of their testimony could affect over 1,500 local stations like WWNO.

WWNO

FAQs about WWNO and federal funding

Athina Morris

How does CPB funding work? What's at stake? And how can you help? We answer some frequently asked questions.

Workers install solar panels on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility in Gaithersburg, Md. Funding that had been frozen for Solar for All, a federally funded program to provide rooftop and community solar to low-income residents, has now resumed, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said. (Photo courtesy of NIST)

Coastal Desk

EPA says it has unfrozen billions in funds for climate-related projects

Mario Alejandro Ariza, Floodlight

The statement by an agency spokesperson comes after two judges ordered the environmental agency to pay contracts signed under Biden.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, downplayed the possibility of cuts in Medicaid even as other congressmen said they are possible.

Politics

How would Louisiana be impacted by potential Medicaid cuts?

Morgan Carter and Madeline Waltman (LSU Manship School News Service)

Louisiana’s reliance on federal funds for half of the state budget leaves it vulnerable as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders push for substantial cuts in federal spending.

Bernard Winn moves a tractor across the Jubilee Justice farm on April 4, 2023, in Alexandria, Louisiana.

Coastal Desk

As the US invests more in climate-smart ag, these Louisiana farmers could serve as a model

Danny McArthur

Climate-smart agriculture is getting a “once-in-a-generation” investment of $20 billion. Louisiana farmers show what a successful rollout could look like.