This story was originally published by the Louisiana Illuminator. Crawfish processing plants in Louisiana are at a diminished capacity this year because they haven’t been able to get as many visas for ...

After serving 44 years of a life sentence at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Solomon Birdsong is asking for clemency. His case raises a difficult question about justice, redemption, and ...

Because of decades of high-stress and deficient healthcare, a 59-year-old in prison has a ‘geriatric morbidity’ equal to a 75 ...

The additional six-month deployment will involve approximately 120 National Guard members—down from the 350 who were working during Carnival.

The storm-prone city is making its local utility design a $28 million incentive program to get hundreds more backup batteries ...

Despite the stringent abortion ban, AG Liz Murrill said almost 1,000 abortions per month are administered in Louisiana ...

For more than a decade, we have reported on issues as well as public policy meant to address the needs of residents. The Lens seeks to focus on the inherent inequality that has created a multi-tiered ...

As more gas moves hundreds of miles by pipeline to an increased number of LNG export terminals licensed by the Trump ...

The fiery Delfin LNG pipeline explosion in Cameron Parish exposes the dangers of LNG buildout in southwest Louisiana.

Louisiana is among the worst-performing states in maternal and infant health outcomes. Now the city health department offers home visits in those crucial first months.

I remember float riders leaning forward, stretching toys and trinkets toward a sea of Black children, only to snatch them ...