They went 1,000 miles for one baby fish. Finding it means a Mississippi floodplain restoration is working.

After months of speculation, a source close to the deal has confirmed an 18-mile stretch of coastal south Louisiana called Pecan Island will be the site for a new space port for Elon Musk's SpaceX.

The Gulf is in the throes of a turbulent new era that holds enormous consequences for Louisiana and the other states along its coast. “These are not theoretical concepts, one Tulane scientist said. “T...

Gov. Jeff Landry says Louisiana and ExxonMobil have reached a final settlement in the coastal lawsuits, in which parishes alleged the company polluted the coastline and contributed to land loss. The t...

The embattled police chief of the agency overseeing New Orleans' $14.5 billion hurricane protection system has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, the governor's New Orleans ...

ExxonMobil is the latest oil giant to reach a deal with Louisiana over claims it helped destroy the state's coast, leaving Chevron as the last major company still fighting. The terms, like the other s...

A Grant Parish citizen and Sen. Cassidy's office drafted a sweeping plan to transfer part of Louisiana's only national forest to local control, privatize a federal prison, and pay kids for good grades...

The Supreme Court sided with Chevron Friday in a fight over Louisiana's eroding coast, moving a landmark case to federal court and threatening a $745 million Plaquemines Parish jury verdict. Gov. Jeff...

Louisiana is now responsible for plugging nearly 6,500 abandoned oil and gas wells — a record — after companies went bankrupt or dissolved. Plugging them all would cost taxpayers $730 million, and the state has managed to plug just 490 since mid-2023.

The New Orleans Flood Protection Authority is proposing to expand its police force and raise spending by $2 million. Watchdog groups say the agency’s focus should remain on flood protection.

A battery allegation against a levee board member has intensified a year-long dispute at a New Orleans–area flood authority.

A shrimp boat’s sudden sinking reveals a hidden danger: thousands of Louisiana oil wells drilled in marsh now lie underwater. They endanger boats, leak oil, and may leave taxpayers with the cleanup co...

A shrimp boat’s sudden sinking reveals a hidden danger: thousands of Louisiana oil wells drilled in marsh now lie underwater. They endanger boats, leak oil, and may leave taxpayers with the cleanup co...

A shrimp boat’s sudden sinking reveals a hidden danger: thousands of Louisiana oil wells drilled in marsh now lie underwater. They endanger boats, leak oil, and may leave taxpayers with the cleanup co...

The Army Corps has secured funding for annual inspections of New Orleans’ levee system after earlier budget cuts. But next year’s funding is still in doubt.

For the first time in years, New Orleans’ levees will skip annual safety inspections. Federal budget cuts are halting the checks that protect the city from the type of flooding that occurred 20 years ...

A colossal Louisiana legal showdown began this week in a Plaquemines Parish courtroom, as attorney John Carmouche, who has led a statewide fight to make the energy industry pay for

“I’m not going to lie, most people are probably struggling right now,” one resident said.

Gov. Jeff Landry's point person in New Orleans is taking a hands-on approach to reform at the east bank's flood control authority.

Most of the attack victims were killed on portions of the street that would have been protected by at least one police car. But NOPD has now acknowledged that there were no police cruisers parked as...

Scientists initially expected some whale populations to rebound a decade after the BP oil spill. New research suggests they haven't recovered.

A night of revelry was coming to a close for Alexis Scott-Windham and her friends in the early hours of New Year's Eve after they came from Mobile, Alabama to

One human lifetime. That’s how long we’ve been debating whether the lock of the Industrial Canal should be widened — “we” meaning shipping interests, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Before a driver plowed through crowds of revelers on Bourbon Street, people said they felt safe thanks to the large number of law enforcement officers present — precautions that made the carnage even ...

Shamsud-Din Jabbar was a recently-divorced Texas resident, though it was unclear what ties he had to New Orleans.

The project has led neighbors to put signs in their yards that read “The Canal Will Kill.”

Kelli Chandler will officially step down from her position leading the South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority–East on Jan. 3.

Commercial fishermen in South Louisiana, already struggling to make ends meet, worry that a massive coastal restoration project could put an end their way of life.