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A transgender Pride flag features the names of transgender Black women from Louisiana who were killed.

Anti-trans laws fueled a spike in suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary youth

By Kate Sosin, The 19th - September 28, 2024

a bottle of Misoprostol tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland.

Ochsner, LCMC Health hospitals to lock up life-saving medication outside labor and delivery rooms

By Lorena O'Neil - September 27, 2024

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality hearing officer Mike Daniels listens as St. Rose residents ask to move a Sept. 26, 2024, public hearing on a proposed ammonia plant to a larger location.

Crowd size forces Louisiana DEQ to postpone hearing on proposed St. Charles ammonia plant

By Pam Radtke, Floodlight - September 27, 2024

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BY Jacob Fischler - September 27, 2024

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Commentary

Liz Murrill, Right to Life villainize the media, but victimize doctors and patients

BY Greg LaRose - September 22, 2024

Louisiana’s Sen. John Kennedy layers xenophobic bullying on top of his typical buffoonery

BY Greg LaRose - September 18, 2024

Readers React: LNG terminal treats neighbors as a sacrifice zone

BY Letters to the Editor - September 17, 2024

Judge’s response to sexual harassment claim shows Louisiana’s not changing practice

BY Anita Raj - September 16, 2024

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In A Flash

After Francine, President Biden declares disaster in 8 Louisiana parishes

BY Greg LaRose - September 17, 2024

Saltwater intrusion on Mississippi River requires another sill to protect drinking water

BY Elise Plunk - September 16, 2024

Monday marks start of Voter Registration Week in Louisiana

BY Wesley Muller - September 13, 2024

400 students at Nicholls State University without power after Hurricane Francine

BY Piper Hutchinson - September 12, 2024

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Our Investigative Coverage Includes:

  • exploring how fraud and waste cost Louisiana taxpayers
  • confronting decision-makers who fall short of the public's best interest
  • exposing how those in power ignore marginalized communities
  • diving into data to understand how it shapes policy
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An employee adds a stack of mail-in ballots to a machine that automatically places the ballots in envelopes at Runbeck Election Services on Sept. 25, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Postal chief insists to Congress that mail-in ballots will get delivered in time

BY Jennifer Shutt - September 26, 2024

Vice President and Democratic nominee for president Kamala Harris speaks at an event hosted by The Economic Club of Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University on Sept. 25, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Harris pitches an ‘opportunity economy’ in debut one-on-one TV interview

BY Shauneen Miranda - September 26, 2024

Louisiana leaders discuss getting a second live tiger to bring to LSU football games

BY Piper Hutchinson - September 26, 2024

Fact-check: Anti-vax proponents dominate legislative hearing on COVID response

BY Wesley Muller - September 26, 2024

A power restoration crew with two bucket trucks restores power at a New Orleans intersection after Hurricane Francine.

‘Bare bones’: Disability rights advocates say New Orleans’ disaster plans fall short

BY Katie Jane Fernelius, Verite - September 26, 2024

Abortion rights demonstrators carry a banner that says Our Bodies, Our Freedom.

Will abortion swing the first post-Roe presidential election?

BY Sofia Resnick - September 26, 2024

1040 tax forms spread out

Taxes: Where do Trump and Harris stand?

BY Ashley Murray - September 26, 2024

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Louisiana may have reached trigger for a personal income tax cut in 2026

BY Julie O'Donoghue - September 25, 2024

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