Louisiana Illuminator

Waste has been stored and recycled at other sites, but LDEQ grants an emergency exemption for River Birch.

A task force Gov. Jeff Landry assembled is recommending that Louisiana’s colleges and universities join six other university systems from Southern states in a new conservative accrediting body.

Justice Will Crain asked the state’s 22nd Judicial District Court, where he used to serve as a lower court judge, to seal his divorce records from public view in September 2024.

The Trump administration has rolled back limits on some contaminants, though doctors say no levels are safe.

Another Louisiana resident has died from contracting flesh-eating bacteria, the state health department confirmed Tuesday.

WWNO/WRKF has partnered with the Louisiana Illuminator to launch “The Light Switch,” a new weekly podcast focused on Louisiana politics.

Water sampling after the recent explosion and fire at the Dow Chemical facility in Plaquemine found elevated levels of the hazardous compound ethylene oxide. But when the same sample was tested at a separate lab, it showed virtually no contamination, according to a preliminary incident report from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

A Pennsylvania company and global leader in carbon capture technology hired 25 lobbyists ahead of the Louisiana Legislature’s regular lawmaking session this year as the business faces a slew of bills meant to push back on its “blue hydrogen” plant proposed for Ascension Parish.

DOTD springs last-minute meeting before legislative session

By JC Canicosa, Louisiana Illuminator Gov. John Bel Edwards said last week that he wishes he had appointed more women to the LSU Board of Supervisors...